Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — South America

Current account balance (World Bank) in South America in 2025 — -1.7%. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 0.94 pp.

2025 -1.7% −0.25 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.72%2006
Period minimum -5.88%1982

Trend over time

1977–2025 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — South America, 1977–2025-7.5-5-2.502.55197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: -2.64%1978: -3.26%1979: -2.85%1980: -3.44%1981: -4.32%1982: -5.88%1983: -2.24%1984: -0.54%1985: -0.37%1986: -2.64%1987: -2.09%1988: -1.1%1989: -0.03%1990: 1.07%1991: -0.06%1992: -0.75%1993: -2.2%1994: -1.79%1995: -2.43%1996: -2.23%1997: -3.49%1998: -4.43%1999: -2.97%2000: -1.89%2001: -2.55%2002: 0.34%2003: 1.89%2004: 2.31%2005: 2.7%2006: 2.72%2007: 1%2008: -0.53%2009: -0.78%2010: -2.45%2011: -2.25%2012: -2.82%2013: -3.07%2014: -3.63%2015: -3.93%2016: -2.11%2017: -2.05%2018: -3.26%2019: -3.02%2020: -1.14%2021: -2.36%2022: -2.68%2023: -1.55%2024: -1.45%2025: -1.7%
Change over the period: +0.94 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp
Current account balance (World Bank) — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -1.7 −0.25 pp
2024 -1.45 +0.1 pp
2023 -1.55 +1.13 pp
2022 -2.68 −0.32 pp
2021 -2.36 −1.21 pp
2020 -1.14 +1.87 pp
2019 -3.02 +0.24 pp
2018 -3.26 −1.21 pp
2017 -2.05 +0.06 pp
2016 -2.11 +1.82 pp
2015 -3.93 −0.3 pp
2014 -3.63 −0.56 pp
2013 -3.07 −0.25 pp
2012 -2.82 −0.57 pp
2011 -2.25 +0.2 pp
2010 -2.45 −1.68 pp
2009 -0.78 −0.25 pp
2008 -0.53 −1.52 pp
2007 1 −1.72 pp
2006 2.72 +0.02 pp
2005 2.7 +0.38 pp
2004 2.31 +0.42 pp
2003 1.89 +1.55 pp
2002 0.34 +2.89 pp
2001 -2.55 −0.65 pp
2000 -1.89 +1.07 pp
1999 -2.97 +1.46 pp
1998 -4.43 −0.94 pp
1997 -3.49 −1.25 pp
1996 -2.23 +0.19 pp
1995 -2.43 −0.63 pp
1994 -1.79 +0.4 pp
1993 -2.2 −1.45 pp
1992 -0.75 −0.69 pp
1991 -0.06 −1.13 pp
1990 1.07 +1.1 pp
1989 -0.03 +1.07 pp
1988 -1.1 +0.99 pp
1987 -2.09 +0.55 pp
1986 -2.64 −2.27 pp
1985 -0.37 +0.17 pp
1984 -0.54 +1.7 pp
1983 -2.24 +3.64 pp
1982 -5.88 −1.56 pp
1981 -4.32 −0.88 pp
1980 -3.44 −0.59 pp
1979 -2.85 +0.42 pp
1978 -3.26 −0.63 pp
1977 -2.64

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.