Current account balance — all countries

Current account balance — Lower-middle-income countries

Current account balance in lower-middle-income countries in 2031 — -1.75%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1.05 pp.

2031 -1.75% −0.1 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum 2%2006
Period minimum -3.55%1981

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Lower-middle-income countries, 1980–2031-4-20219801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -2.8%1981: -3.55%1982: -1.88%1983: -2.37%1984: -2.2%1985: -2.17%1986: -2.26%1987: -1.82%1988: -1.94%1989: -1.87%1990: -1.54%1991: -2.09%1992: -2.54%1993: -2.34%1994: -1.47%1995: -1.83%1996: -1.05%1997: -1.82%1998: -1.98%1999: -0.97%2000: 0.3%2001: 0.1%2002: 0.65%2003: 1.01%2004: 0.95%2005: 1.73%2006: 2%2007: 0.85%2008: -0.87%2009: -1.55%2010: -0.72%2011: -1.09%2012: -2.07%2013: -0.92%2014: -1.05%2015: -1.78%2016: -1.26%2017: -1.63%2018: -1.89%2019: -1.52%2020: -0.15%2021: -1.61%2022: -2.17%2023: -0.9%2024: -0.67%2025: -0.85%2026: -1.58%2027: -1.62%2028: -1.47%2029: -1.48%2030: -1.64%2031: -1.75%
Change over the period: +1.05 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Lower-middle-income countries -1.75%
World computed 0.28%
Current account balance — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
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

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.