Current account balance (World Bank) in high-income countries in 2024 — 0.2%. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 1.01 pp.
2001–2024 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.2 | +0.05 pp |
| 2023 | 0.14 | +0.03 pp |
| 2022 | 0.11 | −0.66 pp |
| 2021 | 0.77 | +0.72 pp |
| 2020 | 0.06 | −0.65 pp |
| 2019 | 0.71 | −0.21 pp |
| 2018 | 0.91 | +0.11 pp |
| 2017 | 0.8 | +0.27 pp |
| 2016 | 0.53 | +0.14 pp |
| 2015 | 0.39 | −0.34 pp |
| 2014 | 0.74 | −0.15 pp |
| 2013 | 0.89 | +0.24 pp |
| 2012 | 0.65 | +0.14 pp |
| 2011 | 0.51 | +0.24 pp |
| 2010 | 0.27 | +0.38 pp |
| 2009 | -0.1 | +0.71 pp |
| 2008 | -0.82 | −0.18 pp |
| 2007 | -0.64 | +0.04 pp |
| 2006 | -0.68 | −0.04 pp |
| 2005 | -0.64 | −0.19 pp |
| 2004 | -0.45 | +0.25 pp |
| 2003 | -0.69 | +0.13 pp |
| 2002 | -0.82 | −0.01 pp |
| 2001 | -0.82 | — |
The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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