Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — Upper-middle-income countries

Current account balance (World Bank) in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 2.19%. Since 1984, the indicator has risen by 2.93 pp.

2025 2.19% +0.97 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 4.14%2007
Period minimum -2.73%1993

Trend over time

1984–2025 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Upper-middle-income countries, 1984–2025-4-202461984198919941999200420092014201920241984: -0.74%1985: -1.13%1986: -1.94%1987: -0.2%1988: -0.59%1989: -0.99%1990: -0.39%1991: -0.81%1992: -1.37%1993: -2.73%1994: -1.99%1995: -2.01%1996: -1.8%1997: -1.19%1998: -0.65%1999: -0.13%2000: -0.39%2001: -0.3%2002: 0.77%2003: 1.32%2004: 1.32%2005: 2.33%2006: 3.72%2007: 4.14%2008: 3.59%2009: 2.15%2010: 1.08%2011: 0.19%2012: 0.37%2013: -0.5%2014: -0.08%2015: 0.35%2016: 0.31%2017: 0.36%2018: -0.45%2019: 0.05%2020: 0.78%2021: 1.01%2022: 1.28%2023: 0.61%2024: 1.22%2025: 2.19%
Change over the period: +2.93 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp
Current account balance (World Bank) — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.19 +0.97 pp
2024 1.22 +0.61 pp
2023 0.61 −0.67 pp
2022 1.28 +0.28 pp
2021 1.01 +0.22 pp
2020 0.78 +0.73 pp
2019 0.05 +0.51 pp
2018 -0.45 −0.82 pp
2017 0.36 +0.05 pp
2016 0.31 −0.04 pp
2015 0.35 +0.43 pp
2014 -0.08 +0.42 pp
2013 -0.5 −0.87 pp
2012 0.37 +0.19 pp
2011 0.19 −0.89 pp
2010 1.08 −1.08 pp
2009 2.15 −1.44 pp
2008 3.59 −0.55 pp
2007 4.14 +0.42 pp
2006 3.72 +1.39 pp
2005 2.33 +1.01 pp
2004 1.32 −0 pp
2003 1.32 +0.55 pp
2002 0.77 +1.07 pp
2001 -0.3 +0.09 pp
2000 -0.39 −0.26 pp
1999 -0.13 +0.52 pp
1998 -0.65 +0.54 pp
1997 -1.19 +0.61 pp
1996 -1.8 +0.22 pp
1995 -2.01 −0.03 pp
1994 -1.99 +0.75 pp
1993 -2.73 −1.36 pp
1992 -1.37 −0.56 pp
1991 -0.81 −0.43 pp
1990 -0.39 +0.6 pp
1989 -0.99 −0.4 pp
1988 -0.59 −0.39 pp
1987 -0.2 +1.75 pp
1986 -1.94 −0.81 pp
1985 -1.13 −0.39 pp
1984 -0.74

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.