Current account balance — all countries

Current account balance — Eastern Africa

Current account balance in Eastern Africa in 2031 — -2.4%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 3.81 pp.

2031 -2.4% +0.33 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum -1.77%1996
Period minimum -9.07%2012

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Eastern Africa, 1980–2031-10-8-6-4-2019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -6.21%1981: -4.93%1982: -4.96%1983: -3.07%1984: -2.99%1985: -2.57%1986: -2.37%1987: -3.26%1988: -3.35%1989: -3.71%1990: -3.98%1991: -3.93%1992: -4.21%1993: -2.4%1994: -1.95%1995: -2.69%1996: -1.77%1997: -2.85%1998: -2.97%1999: -2.49%2000: -2.73%2001: -2.13%2002: -2.6%2003: -1.92%2004: -2.34%2005: -3.75%2006: -4.6%2007: -4.87%2008: -6.74%2009: -5.74%2010: -5.48%2011: -5.84%2012: -9.07%2013: -8.79%2014: -8.16%2015: -7.78%2016: -6.45%2017: -5.37%2018: -5.25%2019: -3.82%2020: -4.79%2021: -4.53%2022: -6.13%2023: -4.41%2024: -3.9%2025: -3.52%2026: -4.6%2027: -3.92%2028: -3.53%2029: -3.2%2030: -2.73%2031: -2.4%
Change over the period: +3.81 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa -2.4%
World computed 0.28%
Current account balance — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -2.4 +0.33 pp
2030 -2.73 +0.47 pp
2029 -3.2 +0.33 pp
2028 -3.53 +0.39 pp
2027 -3.92 +0.68 pp
2026 -4.6 −1.08 pp
2025 -3.52 +0.38 pp
2024 -3.9 +0.52 pp
2023 -4.41 +1.72 pp
2022 -6.13 −1.6 pp
2021 -4.53 +0.26 pp
2020 -4.79 −0.97 pp
2019 -3.82 +1.44 pp
2018 -5.25 +0.11 pp
2017 -5.37 +1.08 pp
2016 -6.45 +1.33 pp
2015 -7.78 +0.38 pp
2014 -8.16 +0.63 pp
2013 -8.79 +0.28 pp
2012 -9.07 −3.23 pp
2011 -5.84 −0.36 pp
2010 -5.48 +0.27 pp
2009 -5.74 +1 pp
2008 -6.74 −1.87 pp
2007 -4.87 −0.27 pp
2006 -4.6 −0.84 pp
2005 -3.75 −1.42 pp
2004 -2.34 −0.42 pp
2003 -1.92 +0.69 pp
2002 -2.6 −0.47 pp
2001 -2.13 +0.59 pp
2000 -2.73 −0.23 pp
1999 -2.49 +0.48 pp
1998 -2.97 −0.12 pp
1997 -2.85 −1.08 pp
1996 -1.77 +0.91 pp
1995 -2.69 −0.73 pp
1994 -1.95 +0.45 pp
1993 -2.4 +1.81 pp
1992 -4.21 −0.29 pp
1991 -3.93 +0.05 pp
1990 -3.98 −0.26 pp
1989 -3.71 −0.36 pp
1988 -3.35 −0.09 pp
1987 -3.26 −0.89 pp
1986 -2.37 +0.2 pp
1985 -2.57 +0.41 pp
1984 -2.99 +0.08 pp
1983 -3.07 +1.89 pp
1982 -4.96 −0.03 pp
1981 -4.93 +1.28 pp
1980 -6.21

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.