Current account balance (World Bank) in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — -0.77%. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 2.11 pp.
1978–2024 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| 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 | — |
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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