Economy > Balance of payments > Current account > Balances > Current account balance > Current US$: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $297.14 billion | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Germany | $165.47 billion | 2009 | ||
| 3 | Japan | $142.19 billion | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Norway | $50.12 billion | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Russia | $49.43 billion | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Switzerland | $41.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $37.71 billion | 2009 | |||
| 7 | Netherlands | $36.58 billion | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Singapore | $32.63 billion | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Malaysia | $31.80 billion | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Sweden | $31.46 billion | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Kuwait | $28.61 billion | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Iraq | $27.13 billion | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | $22.76 billion | 2009 | ||
| 14 | Thailand | $21.86 billion | 2009 | ||
| 15 | Nigeria | $21.66 billion | 2009 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $13.39 billion | 2009 | |||
| 16 | Denmark | $11.22 billion | 2009 | ||
| 17 | Austria | $11.00 billion | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Indonesia | $10.75 billion | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Azerbaijan | $10.18 billion | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Libya | $9.38 billion | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Argentina | $8.63 billion | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Venezuela | $8.56 billion | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Philippines | $8.55 billion | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | $8.52 billion | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Israel | $7.59 billion | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Finland | $6.81 billion | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Chile | $4.22 billion | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Brunei | $3.98 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $3.80 billion | 2009 | |||
| 29 | Belgium | $3.52 billion | 2009 | ||
| 30 | Luxembourg | $3.50 billion | 2009 | ||
| 31 | Bangladesh | $3.34 billion | 2009 | ||
| 32 | Algeria | $2.37 billion | 1991 | ||
| 33 | Latvia | $2.28 billion | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Gabon | $1.98 billion | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | $1.82 billion | 2009 | |||
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1.67 billion | 2009 | ||
| 36 | Lithuania | $1.49 billion | 2009 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | $1.04 billion | 2009 | |||
| 37 | Estonia | $893.21 million | 2009 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $860.42 million | 2009 | |||
| 38 | Bolivia | $813.50 million | 2009 | ||
| 39 | Burma | $801.96 million | 2006 | ||
| 40 | Bahrain | $559.98 million | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Hungary | $441.39 million | 2009 | ||
| 42 | Peru | $246.61 million | 2009 | ||
| 43 | Uruguay | $214.52 million | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Suriname | $209.50 million | 2009 | ||
| 45 | French Polynesia | $204.74 million | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Aruba | $157.08 million | 2009 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | $121.97 million | 1996 | |||
| 47 | Namibia | $119.86 million | 2009 | ||
| 48 | Mauritania | $77.25 million | 1998 | ||
| 49 | Syria | $66.30 million | 2008 | ||
| 50 | The Gambia | $62.95 million | 2009 | ||
| 51 | Laos | $9.26 million | 2009 | ||
| 52 | Kiribati | $1.38 million | 1994 | ||
| 53 | Samoa | $-588,749.02 | 2009 | ||
| 54 | Panama | $-3,500,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 55 | Faroe Islands | $-6,560,000.00 | 2003 | ||
| 56 | Nepal | $-10,137,417.66 | 2009 | ||
| 57 | Comoros | $-18,963,177.48 | 1995 | ||
| 58 | Central African Republic | $-24,675,583.81 | 1994 | ||
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | $-28,764,736.10 | 2008 | ||
| 60 | Lesotho | $-32,035,340.98 | 2009 | ||
| 61 | Vanuatu | $-34,414,598.22 | 2007 | ||
| 62 | Chad | $-37,744,637.54 | 1994 | ||
| 63 | Tonga | $-60,123,979.58 | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Djibouti | $-71,100,207.63 | 2009 | ||
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | $-78,750,146.47 | 2009 | ||
| 66 | Belize | $-94,208,941.67 | 2009 | ||
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | $-102,205,341.43 | 2009 | ||
| 68 | Eritrea | $-104,657,012.46 | 2000 | ||
| 69 | Solomon Islands | $-120,827,296.32 | 2009 | ||
| 70 | Dominica | $-123,192,631.48 | 2009 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | $-143,331,166.64 | 1994 | |||
| 71 | Paraguay | $-149,148,488.96 | 2009 | ||
| 72 | Cape Verde | $-153,977,343.73 | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Somalia | $-156,701,881.19 | 1989 | ||
| 74 | Burundi | $-163,594,300.29 | 2009 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | $-170,959,373.80 | 1994 | |||
| 75 | Grenada | $-174,810,110.37 | 2009 | ||
| 76 | Tajikistan | $-179,856,200.00 | 2009 | ||
| 77 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $-184,840,682.96 | 2009 | ||
| 78 | Saint Lucia | $-187,137,763.33 | 2009 | ||
| 79 | Guyana | $-191,623,400.00 | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Sierra Leone | $-192,837,181.96 | 2009 | ||
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $-198,096,682.59 | 2009 | ||
| 82 | Malawi | $-200,692,464.28 | 2002 | ||
| 83 | Sri Lanka | $-214,700,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 84 | Guatemala | $-217,300,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 85 | Togo | $-221,963,833.10 | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Haiti | $-232,063,723.40 | 2009 | ||
| 87 | Fiji | $-236,416,499.28 | 2009 | ||
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | $-261,575,836.67 | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Ecuador | $-267,776,658.66 | 2009 | ||
| 90 | Iceland | $-270,341,210.20 | 2009 | ||
| 91 | Seychelles | $-284,169,085.41 | 2009 | ||
| 92 | Oman | $-287,386,215.86 | 2009 | ||
| 93 | Liberia | $-291,210,965.11 | 2009 | ||
| 94 | Barbados | $-301,932,252.50 | 2009 | ||
| 95 | Mongolia | $-341,783,224.24 | 2009 | ||
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | $-344,039,026.28 | 1996 | ||
| 97 | El Salvador | $-373,379,307.75 | 2009 | ||
| 98 | Netherlands Antilles | $-373,864,804.47 | 2009 | ||
| 99 | Rwanda | $-378,553,762.97 | 2009 | ||
| 100 | Maldives | $-402,906,203.28 | 2009 | ||
| 101 | Guinea | $-403,460,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 102 | Zambia | $-405,598,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 103 | Swaziland | $-414,313,253.92 | 2009 | ||
| 104 | Zimbabwe | $-424,909,912.59 | 1994 | ||
| 105 | Botswana | $-442,006,089.45 | 2009 | ||
| 106 | Honduras | $-448,578,641.42 | 2009 | ||
| 107 | Uganda | $-451,106,613.76 | 2009 | ||
| 108 | Moldova | $-464,610,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 109 | Malta | $-491,196,703.54 | 2009 | ||
| 110 | Benin | $-536,020,953.35 | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Costa Rica | $-536,955,392.04 | 2009 | ||
| 112 | Madagascar | $-554,044,866.24 | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Turkmenistan | $-580,180,000.00 | 1997 | ||
| 114 | Niger | $-651,441,662.15 | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | $-669,177,465.39 | 2009 | |||
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | $-671,616,600.71 | 2009 | ||
| 116 | Mauritius | $-674,548,092.96 | 2009 | ||
| 117 | Slovenia | $-719,662,491.58 | 2009 | ||
| 118 | Nicaragua | $-841,100,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 119 | The Bahamas | $-860,916,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 120 | Cambodia | $-865,553,238.77 | 2009 | ||
| 121 | New Caledonia | $-907,512,996.97 | 2009 | ||
| 122 | Mali | $-1,066,396,595.55 | 2008 | ||
| 123 | Jamaica | $-1,125,592,478.29 | 2009 | ||
| 124 | Cameroon | $-1,136,504,829.78 | 2009 | ||
| 125 | Mozambique | $-1,171,280,746.24 | 2009 | ||
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $-1,174,622,570.98 | 2009 | ||
| 127 | Ghana | $-1,198,480,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 128 | Georgia | $-1,216,465,356.73 | 2009 | ||
| 129 | Tunisia | $-1,233,748,680.82 | 2009 | ||
| 130 | Jordan | $-1,250,676,056.34 | 2009 | ||
| 131 | Armenia | $-1,369,481,992.51 | 2009 | ||
| 132 | Kenya | $-1,661,145,924.76 | 2009 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | $-1,705,702,743.01 | 2009 | |||
| 133 | Burkina Faso | $-1,708,857,568.10 | 2008 | ||
| 134 | Ukraine | $-1,732,000,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 135 | Tanzania | $-1,816,116,949.75 | 2009 | ||
| 136 | Albania | $-1,874,930,942.05 | 2009 | ||
| 137 | Senegal | $-1,883,713,934.85 | 2008 | ||
| 138 | Cyprus | $-1,914,649,559.64 | 2009 | ||
| 139 | Czech Republic | $-2,146,945,381.15 | 2009 | ||
| 140 | Dominican Republic | $-2,158,500,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 141 | Congo, Republic of the | $-2,181,039,950.98 | 2007 | ||
| 142 | Ethiopia | $-2,190,653,761.04 | 2009 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $-2,259,158,744.27 | 2009 | |||
| 143 | Serbia and Montenegro | $-2,412,273,571.67 | 2009 | ||
| 144 | Slovakia | $-2,809,902,179.77 | 2009 | ||
| 145 | Croatia | $-3,246,846,752.31 | 2009 | ||
| 146 | Kazakhstan | $-3,404,655,332.61 | 2009 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $-3,425,948,889.33 | 2009 | |||
| 147 | New Zealand | $-3,577,704,799.99 | 2009 | ||
| 148 | Pakistan | $-3,583,000,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 149 | Sudan | $-3,908,177,284.28 | 2009 | ||
| 150 | Bulgaria | $-4,751,148,663.22 | 2009 | ||
| 151 | Morocco | $-4,971,330,652.31 | 2009 | ||
| 152 | Colombia | $-5,032,762,613.75 | 2009 | ||
| 153 | Mexico | $-5,720,322,424.16 | 2009 | ||
| 154 | Belarus | $-6,388,700,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 155 | Ireland | $-6,487,887,351.28 | 2009 | ||
| 156 | Poland | $-7,207,000,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $-7,232,368,985.67 | 2009 | |||
| 157 | Romania | $-7,298,000,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 158 | Vietnam | $-7,440,315,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| 159 | Lebanon | $-7,555,145,184.40 | 2009 | ||
| 160 | Angola | $-7,571,651,745.69 | 2009 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | $-8,999,427,258.27 | 2009 | |||
| 161 | South Africa | $-11,294,947,563.43 | 2009 | ||
| 162 | Turkey | $-13,963,000,000.00 | 2009 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | $-14,800,049,509.59 | 2008 | |||
| 163 | Portugal | $-23,951,932,592.81 | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Brazil | $-24,302,262,100.00 | 2009 | ||
| 165 | India | $-26,625,761,171.01 | 2009 | ||
| 166 | United Kingdom | $-27,060,601,906.50 | 2009 | ||
| 167 | Greece | $-35,912,575,298.42 | 2009 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $-36,323,762,473.94 | 2009 | |||
| 168 | Canada | $-38,379,665,052.08 | 2009 | ||
| 169 | European Union | $-44,512,830,051.92 | 2009 | ||
| 170 | Australia | $-47,786,269,398.64 | 2008 | ||
| 171 | France | $-51,857,465,293.46 | 2009 | ||
| 172 | Italy | $-66,198,814,996.28 | 2009 | ||
| 173 | Spain | $-80,375,052,930.23 | 2009 | ||
| 174 | United States | $-378,434,537,000.00 | 2009 |
