Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — Middle East & North Africa

Current account balance (World Bank) in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 3.5%. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 2.09 pp.

2024 3.5% −1.82 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 17.16%2006
Period minimum -6.43%1991

Trend over time

1977–2024 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Middle East & North Africa, 1977–2024-100102019771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 5.59%1978: -1.13%1979: 9.44%1980: 12.96%1981: 8.36%1982: 2.06%1983: -3.46%1984: -3.83%1985: -1.76%1986: -3.04%1987: -1.98%1988: -2.18%1989: -0.64%1990: 0.84%1991: -6.43%1992: -4.74%1993: -5.28%1994: -1.87%1995: -0.78%1996: 1.02%1997: 0.79%1998: -3.72%1999: 1.15%2000: 6.29%2001: 3.35%2002: 2.3%2003: 6.21%2004: 9.55%2005: 14.62%2006: 17.16%2007: 15.21%2008: 16.2%2009: 2.87%2010: 7.01%2011: 13.44%2012: 13.52%2013: 9.96%2014: 5.46%2015: -4.54%2016: -4.75%2017: -0.62%2018: 3.79%2019: 1.59%2020: -2.74%2021: 3.58%2022: 9.64%2023: 5.32%2024: 3.5%
Change over the period: −2.09 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 3.5%
World computed 0.39%
Current account balance (World Bank) — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.5 −1.82 pp
2023 5.32 −4.32 pp
2022 9.64 +6.06 pp
2021 3.58 +6.32 pp
2020 -2.74 −4.33 pp
2019 1.59 −2.19 pp
2018 3.79 +4.41 pp
2017 -0.62 +4.13 pp
2016 -4.75 −0.22 pp
2015 -4.54 −9.99 pp
2014 5.46 −4.5 pp
2013 9.96 −3.56 pp
2012 13.52 +0.08 pp
2011 13.44 +6.42 pp
2010 7.01 +4.15 pp
2009 2.87 −13.33 pp
2008 16.2 +0.99 pp
2007 15.21 −1.95 pp
2006 17.16 +2.54 pp
2005 14.62 +5.07 pp
2004 9.55 +3.34 pp
2003 6.21 +3.91 pp
2002 2.3 −1.05 pp
2001 3.35 −2.94 pp
2000 6.29 +5.13 pp
1999 1.15 +4.87 pp
1998 -3.72 −4.51 pp
1997 0.79 −0.23 pp
1996 1.02 +1.8 pp
1995 -0.78 +1.08 pp
1994 -1.87 +3.42 pp
1993 -5.28 −0.54 pp
1992 -4.74 +1.69 pp
1991 -6.43 −7.28 pp
1990 0.84 +1.49 pp
1989 -0.64 +1.54 pp
1988 -2.18 −0.2 pp
1987 -1.98 +1.06 pp
1986 -3.04 −1.28 pp
1985 -1.76 +2.07 pp
1984 -3.83 −0.36 pp
1983 -3.46 −5.53 pp
1982 2.06 −6.3 pp
1981 8.36 −4.59 pp
1980 12.96 +3.51 pp
1979 9.44 +10.57 pp
1978 -1.13 −6.72 pp
1977 5.59

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.