Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — World

Current account balance (World Bank) in the world in 2024 — 0.39%. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 1.3 pp.

2024 0.39% +0.23 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 0.61%2021
Period minimum -0.91%1994

Trend over time

1994–2024 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — World, 1994–2024-1-0.500.51199419972000200320062009201220152018202120241994: -0.91%1995: -0.68%1996: -0.21%1997: -0.07%1998: -0.29%1999: -0.43%2000: -0.61%2001: -0.72%2002: -0.55%2003: -0.36%2004: -0.13%2005: -0.1%2006: 0.12%2007: 0.2%2008: -0.03%2009: 0.22%2010: 0.31%2011: 0.26%2012: 0.32%2013: 0.31%2014: 0.33%2015: 0.13%2016: 0.26%2017: 0.44%2018: 0.25%2019: 0.33%2020: 0.24%2021: 0.61%2022: 0.22%2023: 0.16%2024: 0.39%
Change over the period: +1.3 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

World 0.39%
World computed 0.39%
Current account balance (World Bank) — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.39 +0.23 pp
2023 0.16 −0.06 pp
2022 0.22 −0.39 pp
2021 0.61 +0.37 pp
2020 0.24 −0.09 pp
2019 0.33 +0.08 pp
2018 0.25 −0.19 pp
2017 0.44 +0.18 pp
2016 0.26 +0.13 pp
2015 0.13 −0.2 pp
2014 0.33 +0.02 pp
2013 0.31 −0.01 pp
2012 0.32 +0.06 pp
2011 0.26 −0.05 pp
2010 0.31 +0.08 pp
2009 0.22 +0.26 pp
2008 -0.03 −0.23 pp
2007 0.2 +0.08 pp
2006 0.12 +0.22 pp
2005 -0.1 +0.03 pp
2004 -0.13 +0.23 pp
2003 -0.36 +0.19 pp
2002 -0.55 +0.17 pp
2001 -0.72 −0.11 pp
2000 -0.61 −0.18 pp
1999 -0.43 −0.14 pp
1998 -0.29 −0.22 pp
1997 -0.07 +0.14 pp
1996 -0.21 +0.47 pp
1995 -0.68 +0.23 pp
1994 -0.91

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.