Current account balance (World Bank) in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 3.5%. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 2.09 pp.
1977–2024 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa
| 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 | — |
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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