Current account balance (World Bank) in Western Africa in 2024 — 2.01%. Since 1979, the indicator has risen by 0.92 pp.
1979–2024 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.01 | +3.72 pp |
| 2023 | -1.71 | +0.12 pp |
| 2022 | -1.83 | −0.39 pp |
| 2021 | -1.44 | +1.27 pp |
| 2020 | -2.71 | +0.02 pp |
| 2019 | -2.73 | −1.85 pp |
| 2018 | -0.88 | −1.43 pp |
| 2017 | 0.55 | +1.67 pp |
| 2016 | -1.12 | +2.73 pp |
| 2015 | -3.85 | −2.36 pp |
| 2014 | -1.49 | −1.84 pp |
| 2013 | 0.35 | −0.08 pp |
| 2012 | 0.42 | +0.28 pp |
| 2011 | 0.14 | −0.83 pp |
| 2010 | 0.97 | −0.95 pp |
| 2009 | 1.92 | −2.19 pp |
| 2008 | 4.11 | −1.05 pp |
| 2007 | 5.16 | −4.59 pp |
| 2006 | 9.75 | −2.74 pp |
| 2005 | 12.49 | +4.92 pp |
| 2004 | 7.58 | +6.41 pp |
| 2003 | 1.16 | +1.39 pp |
| 2002 | -0.23 | −1.12 pp |
| 2001 | 0.89 | — |
| 1998 | -1.1 | −0.61 pp |
| 1997 | -0.49 | −0.34 pp |
| 1996 | -0.15 | +1.19 pp |
| 1995 | -1.34 | +1.8 pp |
| 1994 | -3.14 | −0.28 pp |
| 1993 | -2.86 | −3.35 pp |
| 1992 | 0.49 | +1.02 pp |
| 1991 | -0.54 | −4.66 pp |
| 1990 | 4.13 | +4.35 pp |
| 1989 | -0.22 | +2.09 pp |
| 1988 | -2.32 | −0.62 pp |
| 1987 | -1.69 | −0.44 pp |
| 1986 | -1.25 | −2.99 pp |
| 1985 | 1.74 | +2.34 pp |
| 1984 | -0.6 | +4.23 pp |
| 1983 | -4.83 | +0.78 pp |
| 1982 | -5.61 | −1.16 pp |
| 1981 | -4.45 | −9.06 pp |
| 1980 | 4.61 | +3.52 pp |
| 1979 | 1.09 | — |
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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