Current account balance — all countries

Current account balance — Central America

Current account balance in Central America in 2031 — -0.85%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 4.38 pp.

2031 -0.85% −0.05 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum 5.97%1983
Period minimum -8.3%1992

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Central America, 1980–2031-10-5051019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -5.23%1981: -6.22%1982: -1.37%1983: 5.97%1984: 3.91%1985: 1.45%1986: -0.2%1987: 3.49%1988: -1.25%1989: -3.07%1990: -3.39%1991: -5.68%1992: -8.3%1993: -6.35%1994: -7.58%1995: -0.95%1996: -0.97%1997: -1.81%1998: -3.15%1999: -2.61%2000: -2.84%2001: -2.42%2002: -1.81%2003: -1%2004: -1.01%2005: -1.04%2006: -0.72%2007: -1.38%2008: -2.15%2009: -0.92%2010: -0.84%2011: -1.65%2012: -2.05%2013: -2.96%2014: -2.48%2015: -2.92%2016: -2.44%2017: -1.96%2018: -2.34%2019: -0.42%2020: 2.29%2021: -0.51%2022: -1.41%2023: -0.62%2024: -0.67%2025: -0.03%2026: -0.33%2027: -0.49%2028: -0.63%2029: -0.76%2030: -0.8%2031: -0.85%
Change over the period: +4.38 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Central America -0.85%
World computed 0.28%
Current account balance — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -0.85 −0.05 pp
2030 -0.8 −0.05 pp
2029 -0.76 −0.13 pp
2028 -0.63 −0.13 pp
2027 -0.49 −0.16 pp
2026 -0.33 −0.3 pp
2025 -0.03 +0.64 pp
2024 -0.67 −0.05 pp
2023 -0.62 +0.79 pp
2022 -1.41 −0.89 pp
2021 -0.51 −2.8 pp
2020 2.29 +2.7 pp
2019 -0.42 +1.93 pp
2018 -2.34 −0.39 pp
2017 -1.96 +0.49 pp
2016 -2.44 +0.48 pp
2015 -2.92 −0.44 pp
2014 -2.48 +0.48 pp
2013 -2.96 −0.91 pp
2012 -2.05 −0.4 pp
2011 -1.65 −0.81 pp
2010 -0.84 +0.08 pp
2009 -0.92 +1.23 pp
2008 -2.15 −0.77 pp
2007 -1.38 −0.66 pp
2006 -0.72 +0.32 pp
2005 -1.04 −0.03 pp
2004 -1.01 −0.01 pp
2003 -1 +0.81 pp
2002 -1.81 +0.61 pp
2001 -2.42 +0.42 pp
2000 -2.84 −0.22 pp
1999 -2.61 +0.54 pp
1998 -3.15 −1.34 pp
1997 -1.81 −0.84 pp
1996 -0.97 −0.02 pp
1995 -0.95 +6.63 pp
1994 -7.58 −1.23 pp
1993 -6.35 +1.95 pp
1992 -8.3 −2.62 pp
1991 -5.68 −2.29 pp
1990 -3.39 −0.32 pp
1989 -3.07 −1.82 pp
1988 -1.25 −4.74 pp
1987 3.49 +3.69 pp
1986 -0.2 −1.65 pp
1985 1.45 −2.46 pp
1984 3.91 −2.06 pp
1983 5.97 +7.33 pp
1982 -1.37 +4.85 pp
1981 -6.22 −0.99 pp
1980 -5.23

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.