Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — Panama

Current account balance (World Bank) in Panama in 2025 — -0.19%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 97. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 5.49 pp.

2025 -0.19% −0.84 pp vs 2024
World rank 40of 97
Period maximum 12.22%1988
Period minimum -12.98%2014

Trend over time

1977–2025 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Panama, 1977–2025-20-1001020197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: -5.68%1978: -6.4%1979: -8.4%1980: -7.12%1981: -10.24%1982: -3.36%1983: 3.35%1984: -3.27%1985: 1.15%1986: -1.45%1987: 7.98%1988: 12.22%1989: 1.88%1990: 3.25%1991: -3.41%1992: -3.29%1993: -1.09%1994: 0.17%1995: -4.92%1996: -2.18%1997: -5.04%1998: -9.1%1999: -9.98%2000: -5.84%2001: -1.56%2002: -0.88%2003: -4.23%2004: -6.92%2005: -6.4%2006: -2.48%2007: -5.43%2008: -8.89%2009: -0.76%2010: -10.33%2011: -12.66%2012: -8.98%2013: -8.7%2014: -12.98%2015: -8.69%2016: -7.54%2017: -5.82%2018: -7.88%2019: -5.14%2020: 0.22%2021: -1.21%2022: -0.36%2023: -3.19%2024: 0.66%2025: -0.19%
Change over the period: +5.49 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Panama

Panama -0.19%
Central America computed -0.45%
Current account balance (World Bank) — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.19 −0.84 pp
2024 0.66 +3.85 pp
2023 -3.19 −2.83 pp
2022 -0.36 +0.85 pp
2021 -1.21 −1.43 pp
2020 0.22 +5.36 pp
2019 -5.14 +2.74 pp
2018 -7.88 −2.06 pp
2017 -5.82 +1.72 pp
2016 -7.54 +1.15 pp
2015 -8.69 +4.29 pp
2014 -12.98 −4.29 pp
2013 -8.7 +0.28 pp
2012 -8.98 +3.68 pp
2011 -12.66 −2.33 pp
2010 -10.33 −9.56 pp
2009 -0.76 +8.13 pp
2008 -8.89 −3.46 pp
2007 -5.43 −2.95 pp
2006 -2.48 +3.92 pp
2005 -6.4 +0.52 pp
2004 -6.92 −2.69 pp
2003 -4.23 −3.34 pp
2002 -0.88 +0.68 pp
2001 -1.56 +4.28 pp
2000 -5.84 +4.13 pp
1999 -9.98 −0.87 pp
1998 -9.1 −4.07 pp
1997 -5.04 −2.86 pp
1996 -2.18 +2.73 pp
1995 -4.92 −5.09 pp
1994 0.17 +1.26 pp
1993 -1.09 +2.2 pp
1992 -3.29 +0.12 pp
1991 -3.41 −6.66 pp
1990 3.25 +1.37 pp
1989 1.88 −10.34 pp
1988 12.22 +4.24 pp
1987 7.98 +9.44 pp
1986 -1.45 −2.6 pp
1985 1.15 +4.42 pp
1984 -3.27 −6.63 pp
1983 3.35 +6.72 pp
1982 -3.36 +6.88 pp
1981 -10.24 −3.12 pp
1980 -7.12 +1.27 pp
1979 -8.4 −1.99 pp
1978 -6.4 −0.73 pp
1977 -5.68

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.