Current account balance in Eritrea in 2019 — 13%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 195. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 18 pp.
1992–2019 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eritrea
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 | −2.5 pp |
| 2018 | 15.5 | −9.3 pp |
| 2017 | 24.8 | +11.4 pp |
| 2016 | 13.4 | −9 pp |
| 2015 | 22.4 | +4.7 pp |
| 2014 | 17.7 | +15.4 pp |
| 2013 | 2.3 | −10.1 pp |
| 2012 | 12.4 | −0.4 pp |
| 2011 | 12.8 | +24.2 pp |
| 2010 | -11.4 | −0.1 pp |
| 2009 | -11.3 | −3.7 pp |
| 2008 | -7.6 | +0.3 pp |
| 2007 | -7.9 | −3.3 pp |
| 2006 | -4.6 | −5 pp |
| 2005 | 0.4 | +1.3 pp |
| 2004 | -0.9 | +1.4 pp |
| 2003 | -2.3 | −2.2 pp |
| 2002 | -0.1 | +24.7 pp |
| 2001 | -24.8 | −3.7 pp |
| 2000 | -21.1 | +12.2 pp |
| 1999 | -33.3 | −6.7 pp |
| 1998 | -26.6 | −33.4 pp |
| 1997 | 6.8 | +3.8 pp |
| 1996 | 3 | −7.3 pp |
| 1995 | 10.3 | −26.7 pp |
| 1994 | 37 | +6.1 pp |
| 1993 | 30.9 | −0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 31 | — |
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The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP: trade in goods and services, primary income (interest, dividends, compensation of employees) and secondary income (transfers). A surplus means a country earns more abroad than it spends and is building up external assets; a persistent deficit has to be financed by an inflow of capital.
Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.
How much more a country receives from abroad than it pays out there. A minus means it pays more.
Finance Current account balance (World Bank)The current account balance as a percent of GDP from World Bank data.
Trade Trade opennessExports plus imports as a percent of GDP — total foreign trade turnover.
Finance International reservesThe gold and foreign exchange reserves of a country in US dollars.
