Current account balance in lower-middle-income countries in 2031 — -1.75%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1.05 pp.
1980–2031 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -1.75 | −0.1 pp |
| 2030 | -1.64 | −0.16 pp |
| 2029 | -1.48 | −0.01 pp |
| 2028 | -1.47 | +0.16 pp |
| 2027 | -1.62 | −0.04 pp |
| 2026 | -1.58 | −0.73 pp |
| 2025 | -0.85 | −0.18 pp |
| 2024 | -0.67 | +0.23 pp |
| 2023 | -0.9 | +1.28 pp |
| 2022 | -2.17 | −0.57 pp |
| 2021 | -1.61 | −1.46 pp |
| 2020 | -0.15 | +1.37 pp |
| 2019 | -1.52 | +0.37 pp |
| 2018 | -1.89 | −0.26 pp |
| 2017 | -1.63 | −0.37 pp |
| 2016 | -1.26 | +0.52 pp |
| 2015 | -1.78 | −0.73 pp |
| 2014 | -1.05 | −0.12 pp |
| 2013 | -0.92 | +1.14 pp |
| 2012 | -2.07 | −0.98 pp |
| 2011 | -1.09 | −0.36 pp |
| 2010 | -0.72 | +0.82 pp |
| 2009 | -1.55 | −0.68 pp |
| 2008 | -0.87 | −1.72 pp |
| 2007 | 0.85 | −1.14 pp |
| 2006 | 2 | +0.26 pp |
| 2005 | 1.73 | +0.78 pp |
| 2004 | 0.95 | −0.06 pp |
| 2003 | 1.01 | +0.36 pp |
| 2002 | 0.65 | +0.55 pp |
| 2001 | 0.1 | −0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 0.3 | +1.27 pp |
| 1999 | -0.97 | +1.01 pp |
| 1998 | -1.98 | −0.16 pp |
| 1997 | -1.82 | −0.77 pp |
| 1996 | -1.05 | +0.79 pp |
| 1995 | -1.83 | −0.36 pp |
| 1994 | -1.47 | +0.87 pp |
| 1993 | -2.34 | +0.2 pp |
| 1992 | -2.54 | −0.45 pp |
| 1991 | -2.09 | −0.55 pp |
| 1990 | -1.54 | +0.33 pp |
| 1989 | -1.87 | +0.08 pp |
| 1988 | -1.94 | −0.13 pp |
| 1987 | -1.82 | +0.44 pp |
| 1986 | -2.26 | −0.09 pp |
| 1985 | -2.17 | +0.03 pp |
| 1984 | -2.2 | +0.17 pp |
| 1983 | -2.37 | −0.49 pp |
| 1982 | -1.88 | +1.68 pp |
| 1981 | -3.55 | −0.76 pp |
| 1980 | -2.8 | — |
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.