Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

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

Current account balance (World Bank) in low-income countries in 2022 — -7.84%. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 4.84 pp.

2022 -7.84% −1.97 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum -2.74%1993
Period minimum -10.53%2013

Trend over time

1985–2022 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Low-income countries, 1985–2022-12-10-8-6-4-219851989199319972001200520092013201720211985: -3%1986: -3.05%1987: -3.01%1992: -3.04%1993: -2.74%1994: -4.42%2005: -4.35%2006: -5.5%2007: -4.12%2008: -5.05%2009: -6.4%2010: -4.86%2011: -7.26%2012: -10.52%2013: -10.53%2014: -8.53%2015: -9.86%2016: -8.89%2017: -8.26%2018: -8.45%2019: -7.87%2020: -7.03%2021: -5.87%2022: -7.84%
Change over the period: −4.84 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Low-income countries -7.84%
World computed 0.22%
Current account balance (World Bank) — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 -7.84 −1.97 pp
2021 -5.87 +1.15 pp
2020 -7.03 +0.84 pp
2019 -7.87 +0.58 pp
2018 -8.45 −0.19 pp
2017 -8.26 +0.63 pp
2016 -8.89 +0.97 pp
2015 -9.86 −1.33 pp
2014 -8.53 +2 pp
2013 -10.53 −0.01 pp
2012 -10.52 −3.26 pp
2011 -7.26 −2.41 pp
2010 -4.86 +1.54 pp
2009 -6.4 −1.35 pp
2008 -5.05 −0.93 pp
2007 -4.12 +1.39 pp
2006 -5.5 −1.15 pp
2005 -4.35
1994 -4.42 −1.68 pp
1993 -2.74 +0.3 pp
1992 -3.04
1987 -3.01 +0.03 pp
1986 -3.05 −0.04 pp
1985 -3

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.