Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — Lower-middle-income countries

Current account balance (World Bank) in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — -0.77%. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 2.11 pp.

2024 -0.77% +0.32 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1.49%2006
Period minimum -4.29%1981

Trend over time

1978–2024 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Lower-middle-income countries, 1978–2024-6-4-20219781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: -2.87%1979: 1.09%1980: -1.75%1981: -4.29%1982: -2.93%1983: -2.37%1984: -1.94%1985: -1.68%1986: -2.33%1987: -1.9%1988: -2.43%1989: -2.25%1990: -1.35%1991: -2.43%1992: -2.14%1993: -2.45%1994: -1.32%1995: -1.9%1996: -1.44%1997: -1.63%1998: -2.14%1999: -0.94%2000: 0.56%2001: -0.12%2002: 0.59%2003: 0.84%2004: 1.1%2005: 1.22%2006: 1.49%2007: 0.1%2008: -1.86%2009: -1.45%2010: -1.64%2011: -2.21%2012: -2.72%2013: -1.86%2014: -1.56%2015: -2.05%2016: -1.74%2017: -1.97%2018: -2.65%2019: -1.49%2020: 0.26%2021: -1.93%2022: -2.37%2023: -1.09%2024: -0.77%
Change over the period: +2.11 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries -0.77%
World computed 0.39%
Current account balance (World Bank) — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 -0.77 +0.32 pp
2023 -1.09 +1.28 pp
2022 -2.37 −0.44 pp
2021 -1.93 −2.2 pp
2020 0.26 +1.76 pp
2019 -1.49 +1.15 pp
2018 -2.65 −0.68 pp
2017 -1.97 −0.23 pp
2016 -1.74 +0.31 pp
2015 -2.05 −0.49 pp
2014 -1.56 +0.31 pp
2013 -1.86 +0.85 pp
2012 -2.72 −0.51 pp
2011 -2.21 −0.57 pp
2010 -1.64 −0.19 pp
2009 -1.45 +0.41 pp
2008 -1.86 −1.96 pp
2007 0.1 −1.39 pp
2006 1.49 +0.27 pp
2005 1.22 +0.12 pp
2004 1.1 +0.26 pp
2003 0.84 +0.25 pp
2002 0.59 +0.72 pp
2001 -0.12 −0.69 pp
2000 0.56 +1.51 pp
1999 -0.94 +1.2 pp
1998 -2.14 −0.51 pp
1997 -1.63 −0.19 pp
1996 -1.44 +0.46 pp
1995 -1.9 −0.58 pp
1994 -1.32 +1.13 pp
1993 -2.45 −0.3 pp
1992 -2.14 +0.29 pp
1991 -2.43 −1.08 pp
1990 -1.35 +0.91 pp
1989 -2.25 +0.17 pp
1988 -2.43 −0.53 pp
1987 -1.9 +0.43 pp
1986 -2.33 −0.65 pp
1985 -1.68 +0.26 pp
1984 -1.94 +0.43 pp
1983 -2.37 +0.57 pp
1982 -2.93 +1.35 pp
1981 -4.29 −2.54 pp
1980 -1.75 −2.83 pp
1979 1.09 +3.96 pp
1978 -2.87

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.