Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — Central America

Current account balance (World Bank) in Central America in 2025 — -0.45%. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 3.3 pp.

2025 -0.45% +0.25 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.61%1983
Period minimum -6.69%1992

Trend over time

1977–2025 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Central America, 1977–2025-7.5-5-2.502.55197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: -3.76%1978: -6.36%1979: -4.12%1980: -5.29%1981: -6.53%1982: -3.6%1983: 2.61%1984: 1.16%1985: -0.22%1986: -1.37%1987: 1.89%1988: -1.44%1989: -2.88%1990: -2.88%1991: -4.6%1992: -6.69%1993: -4.51%1994: -5.28%1995: -0.96%1996: -0.97%1997: -1.8%1998: -3.13%1999: -2.62%2000: -2.85%2001: -2.46%2002: -1.83%2003: -1.03%2004: -0.98%2005: -1.06%2006: -0.73%2007: -1.42%2008: -2.16%2009: -0.87%2010: -0.88%2011: -1.61%2012: -2.06%2013: -2.96%2014: -2.5%2015: -2.92%2016: -2.42%2017: -1.96%2018: -2.31%2019: -0.42%2020: 2.29%2021: -0.56%2022: -1.38%2023: -0.64%2024: -0.7%2025: -0.45%
Change over the period: +3.3 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp
Current account balance (World Bank) — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.45 +0.25 pp
2024 -0.7 −0.06 pp
2023 -0.64 +0.74 pp
2022 -1.38 −0.82 pp
2021 -0.56 −2.84 pp
2020 2.29 +2.7 pp
2019 -0.42 +1.9 pp
2018 -2.31 −0.36 pp
2017 -1.96 +0.47 pp
2016 -2.42 +0.49 pp
2015 -2.92 −0.42 pp
2014 -2.5 +0.45 pp
2013 -2.96 −0.9 pp
2012 -2.06 −0.45 pp
2011 -1.61 −0.74 pp
2010 -0.88 −0 pp
2009 -0.87 +1.28 pp
2008 -2.16 −0.74 pp
2007 -1.42 −0.69 pp
2006 -0.73 +0.33 pp
2005 -1.06 −0.08 pp
2004 -0.98 +0.05 pp
2003 -1.03 +0.8 pp
2002 -1.83 +0.63 pp
2001 -2.46 +0.4 pp
2000 -2.85 −0.23 pp
1999 -2.62 +0.51 pp
1998 -3.13 −1.33 pp
1997 -1.8 −0.83 pp
1996 -0.97 −0.01 pp
1995 -0.96 +4.32 pp
1994 -5.28 −0.77 pp
1993 -4.51 +2.18 pp
1992 -6.69 −2.09 pp
1991 -4.6 −1.73 pp
1990 -2.88 +0.01 pp
1989 -2.88 −1.45 pp
1988 -1.44 −3.33 pp
1987 1.89 +3.26 pp
1986 -1.37 −1.14 pp
1985 -0.22 −1.38 pp
1984 1.16 −1.45 pp
1983 2.61 +6.21 pp
1982 -3.6 +2.92 pp
1981 -6.53 −1.23 pp
1980 -5.29 −1.18 pp
1979 -4.12 +2.24 pp
1978 -6.36 −2.6 pp
1977 -3.76

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.