Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — High-income countries

Current account balance (World Bank) in high-income countries in 2024 — 0.2%. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 1.01 pp.

2024 0.2% +0.05 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 0.91%2018
Period minimum -0.82%2002

Trend over time

2001–2024 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — High-income countries, 2001–2024-1-0.500.512001200420072010201320162019202220242001: -0.82%2002: -0.82%2003: -0.69%2004: -0.45%2005: -0.64%2006: -0.68%2007: -0.64%2008: -0.82%2009: -0.1%2010: 0.27%2011: 0.51%2012: 0.65%2013: 0.89%2014: 0.74%2015: 0.39%2016: 0.53%2017: 0.8%2018: 0.91%2019: 0.71%2020: 0.06%2021: 0.77%2022: 0.11%2023: 0.14%2024: 0.2%
Change over the period: +1.01 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

High-income countries 0.2%
World computed 0.39%
Current account balance (World Bank) — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
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

About the indicator

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.