Current account balance in US dollars — all countries

Current account balance in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries

Current account balance in US dollars in lower-middle-income countries in 2031 — -237.58 bn US$. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 1,701.8%.

2031 -237.58 bn US$ −19.1% vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum 56.36 bn US$2006
Period minimum -237.58 bn US$2031

Trend over time

1980–2031 · billion US$

Current account balance in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries, 1980–2031-300-200-100010019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -13.19 bn US$1981: -31.02 bn US$1982: -21.77 bn US$1983: -23.19 bn US$1984: -17.21 bn US$1985: -14.57 bn US$1986: -20.15 bn US$1987: -19.22 bn US$1988: -22.13 bn US$1989: -21.93 bn US$1990: -24.43 bn US$1991: -24.88 bn US$1992: -23.55 bn US$1993: -22.51 bn US$1994: -16.1 bn US$1995: -24.39 bn US$1996: -16.12 bn US$1997: -29.87 bn US$1998: -33.51 bn US$1999: -15.88 bn US$2000: 5.34 bn US$2001: 1.59 bn US$2002: 10.45 bn US$2003: 18.35 bn US$2004: 19.46 bn US$2005: 41.77 bn US$2006: 56.36 bn US$2007: 29.69 bn US$2008: -34.98 bn US$2009: -62.35 bn US$2010: -33.78 bn US$2011: -58 bn US$2012: -112.38 bn US$2013: -53.62 bn US$2014: -64.32 bn US$2015: -105.75 bn US$2016: -78.1 bn US$2017: -105.68 bn US$2018: -124.45 bn US$2019: -105 bn US$2020: -8.79 bn US$2021: -120.41 bn US$2022: -174.52 bn US$2023: -74.8 bn US$2024: -57 bn US$2025: -75.64 bn US$2026: -142.83 bn US$2027: -157.7 bn US$2028: -150.56 bn US$2029: -167.93 bn US$2030: -199.48 bn US$2031: -237.58 bn US$
Change over the period: −224.39 (−1,701.75%)

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries -237.58 bn US$
World computed 458.47 bn US$
Current account balance in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year bn US$ Change Change, %
2031 -237.58 −38.1 −19.1%
2030 -199.48 −31.55 −18.79%
2029 -167.93 −17.37 −11.54%
2028 -150.56 +7.14 +4.53%
2027 -157.7 −14.87 −10.41%
2026 -142.83 −67.19 −88.84%
2025 -75.64 −18.64 −32.7%
2024 -57 +17.81 +23.8%
2023 -74.8 +99.72 +57.14%
2022 -174.52 −54.11 −44.93%
2021 -120.41 −111.62 −1,269.9%
2020 -8.79 +96.21 +91.63%
2019 -105 +19.45 +15.63%
2018 -124.45 −18.77 −17.76%
2017 -105.68 −27.58 −35.31%
2016 -78.1 +27.65 +26.14%
2015 -105.75 −41.43 −64.41%
2014 -64.32 −10.7 −19.96%
2013 -53.62 +58.76 +52.29%
2012 -112.38 −54.38 −93.76%
2011 -58 −24.22 −71.7%
2010 -33.78 +28.57 +45.82%
2009 -62.35 −27.36 −78.22%
2008 -34.98 −64.68 −217.82%
2007 29.69 −26.66 −47.31%
2006 56.36 +14.59 +34.94%
2005 41.77 +22.3 +114.59%
2004 19.46 +1.12 +6.09%
2003 18.35 +7.9 +75.62%
2002 10.45 +8.86 +559.05%
2001 1.59 −3.75 −70.31%
2000 5.34 +21.21 +133.63%
1999 -15.88 +17.63 +52.62%
1998 -33.51 −3.64 −12.17%
1997 -29.87 −13.75 −85.32%
1996 -16.12 +8.28 +33.93%
1995 -24.39 −8.3 −51.55%
1994 -16.1 +6.41 +28.48%
1993 -22.51 +1.04 +4.42%
1992 -23.55 +1.33 +5.35%
1991 -24.88 −0.45 −1.83%
1990 -24.43 −2.5 −11.39%
1989 -21.93 +0.2 +0.9%
1988 -22.13 −2.91 −15.13%
1987 -19.22 +0.92 +4.58%
1986 -20.15 −5.57 −38.25%
1985 -14.57 +2.63 +15.3%
1984 -17.21 +5.98 +25.81%
1983 -23.19 −1.42 −6.5%
1982 -21.77 +9.24 +29.8%
1981 -31.02 −17.83 −135.23%
1980 -13.19

About the indicator

The current account balance in billions of US dollars: trade in goods and services, income from investment and labor, and current transfers, all together. A positive value means a country exports capital, a negative one that it imports it. By definition the sum over all countries of the world should be zero, but in practice it fails to balance by several hundred billion: the discrepancy comes from countries recording the same flows differently.

Important: The same indicator as a percent of GDP is available separately, and for comparing countries it suits better. The absolute value is needed to see the scale of the flows in the world economy.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.