Current account balance — all countries

Current account balance — Low-income countries

Current account balance in low-income countries in 2031 — -2.62%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 0.58 pp.

2031 -2.62% +0.41 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum -1.4%2007
Period minimum -8.48%2022

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Low-income countries, 1980–2031-10-8-6-4-2019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -3.2%1981: -3.2%1982: -3.15%1983: -2.77%1984: -2.48%1985: -2.85%1986: -3.18%1987: -3.58%1988: -3.74%1989: -2.65%1990: -2.88%1991: -3.57%1992: -3.2%1993: -3.34%1994: -4.67%1995: -3%1996: -3.03%1997: -2.82%1998: -4.18%1999: -4%2000: -2.39%2001: -2.73%2002: -2.91%2003: -4.28%2004: -2.48%2005: -3.64%2006: -5.4%2007: -1.4%2008: -3.85%2009: -4.95%2010: -3.66%2011: -2.78%2012: -7.91%2013: -8.33%2014: -6.6%2015: -8.43%2016: -7.29%2017: -6.79%2018: -7.26%2019: -6.81%2020: -7.06%2021: -6.41%2022: -8.48%2023: -6.46%2024: -5.9%2025: -5.17%2026: -4.46%2027: -4.02%2028: -3.8%2029: -3.5%2030: -3.03%2031: -2.62%
Change over the period: +0.58 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries -2.62%
World computed 0.28%
Current account balance — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -2.62 +0.41 pp
2030 -3.03 +0.47 pp
2029 -3.5 +0.3 pp
2028 -3.8 +0.23 pp
2027 -4.02 +0.44 pp
2026 -4.46 +0.71 pp
2025 -5.17 +0.73 pp
2024 -5.9 +0.56 pp
2023 -6.46 +2.02 pp
2022 -8.48 −2.07 pp
2021 -6.41 +0.65 pp
2020 -7.06 −0.25 pp
2019 -6.81 +0.45 pp
2018 -7.26 −0.47 pp
2017 -6.79 +0.5 pp
2016 -7.29 +1.14 pp
2015 -8.43 −1.83 pp
2014 -6.6 +1.73 pp
2013 -8.33 −0.42 pp
2012 -7.91 −5.13 pp
2011 -2.78 +0.88 pp
2010 -3.66 +1.29 pp
2009 -4.95 −1.1 pp
2008 -3.85 −2.45 pp
2007 -1.4 +4 pp
2006 -5.4 −1.76 pp
2005 -3.64 −1.16 pp
2004 -2.48 +1.8 pp
2003 -4.28 −1.37 pp
2002 -2.91 −0.19 pp
2001 -2.73 −0.34 pp
2000 -2.39 +1.61 pp
1999 -4 +0.18 pp
1998 -4.18 −1.37 pp
1997 -2.82 +0.21 pp
1996 -3.03 −0.03 pp
1995 -3 +1.67 pp
1994 -4.67 −1.33 pp
1993 -3.34 −0.14 pp
1992 -3.2 +0.36 pp
1991 -3.57 −0.68 pp
1990 -2.88 −0.24 pp
1989 -2.65 +1.09 pp
1988 -3.74 −0.16 pp
1987 -3.58 −0.39 pp
1986 -3.18 −0.33 pp
1985 -2.85 −0.37 pp
1984 -2.48 +0.29 pp
1983 -2.77 +0.38 pp
1982 -3.15 +0.05 pp
1981 -3.2 +0.01 pp
1980 -3.2

About the indicator

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.