Current Account Balance by Country from 2013 to 2021 (US$bn)

The current account consists of the country’s balance of trade, net income, and direct payments over a given period. A surplus indicates that the value of a country’s net foreign assets grew over the period in question and that it is a net lender to the rest of the world. A current account deficit means that the country’s net assets shrank. Government and private payments are included. The goods and services are usually consumed in the current period — hence the expression.

Country
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Afghanistan
0.29
1.35
0.74
1.63
1.43
2.24
2.21
2.25
Albania
-1.18
-1.43
-0.98
-0.90
-0.98
-1.02
-1.17
-1.32
-1.40
Algeria
0.84
-9.44
-27.29
-26.47
-22.33
-16.91
-16.96
-18.71
-4.59
Andorra
0.57
0.42
0.53
Angola
8.35
-3.75
-10.27
-3.09
-0.63
7.40
5.14
0.87
8.44
Antigua and Barbuda
0.00
0.03
-0.04
-0.12
-0.23
-0.13
-0.25
-0.29
Argentina
-13.13
-9.18
-17.62
-15.11
-31.15
-27.09
-3.71
3.31
6.32
Armenia
-0.81
-0.90
-0.28
-0.11
-0.18
-0.88
-1.00
-0.48
-0.34
Aruba
-0.33
-0.13
0.12
0.14
0.03
-0.02
0.08
-0.33
0.27
Australia
-51.10
-44.29
-57.18
-41.41
-35.56
-30.32
8.41
35.22
57.76
Austria
8.36
10.95
6.59
10.78
5.73
4.12
9.31
8.22
-2.82
Azerbaijan
12.32
10.43
-0.22
-1.36
1.69
6.05
4.37
-0.23
8.29
Bahamas
-1.52
-2.19
-1.48
-1.47
-1.70
-1.20
-0.36
-2.33
-2.15
Bahrain
2.41
1.52
-0.75
-1.49
-1.45
-2.44
-0.79
-3.25
2.60
Bangladesh
2.39
1.41
3.49
4.26
-1.33
-9.57
-4.49
-5.44
-4.58
Barbados
-0.39
-0.43
-0.29
-0.21
-0.19
-0.20
-0.16
-0.32
-0.56
Belarus
-7.57
-5.23
-1.83
-1.61
-0.95
0.02
-1.25
-0.26
1.84
Belgium
4.98
4.13
6.40
2.63
3.51
-4.47
0.86
4.38
5.58
Belize
-0.07
-0.14
-0.18
-0.16
-0.16
-0.15
-0.19
-0.13
-0.16
Benin
-0.67
-0.89
-0.68
-0.35
-0.53
-0.65
-0.58
-0.27
-0.79
Bhutan
-0.46
-0.48
-0.55
-0.62
-0.54
-0.46
-0.50
-0.30
-0.28
Bolivia
1.05
0.57
-1.94
-1.91
-1.90
-1.73
-1.38
-0.14
0.22
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-0.97
-1.36
-0.83
-0.80
-0.88
-0.66
-0.57
-0.75
-0.54
Botswana
0.65
1.71
0.30
1.20
0.90
0.07
-1.17
-1.62
-0.08
Brazil
-79.99
-101.68
-54.79
-24.48
-22.03
-51.46
-65.03
-24.49
-27.93
Brunei Darussalam
3.78
5.46
2.16
1.47
1.99
0.94
0.90
0.54
1.11
Bulgaria
0.71
0.71
3.30
1.96
0.63
1.29
-0.18
-1.63
Burkina Faso
-1.35
-1.00
-0.90
-0.78
-0.71
-0.67
-0.52
-0.03
-0.59
Burundi
-0.51
-0.42
-0.36
-0.33
-0.37
-0.35
-0.35
-0.32
-0.45
Côte d'Ivoire
-0.42
0.51
-0.20
-0.41
-1.05
-2.29
-1.35
-1.97
-2.61
Cabo Verde
-0.09
-0.17
-0.05
-0.06
-0.14
-0.10
-0.01
-0.27
-0.24
Cambodia
-1.29
-1.43
-1.58
-1.70
-1.76
-2.90
-4.07
-3.06
-6.99
Cameroon
-1.13
-1.40
-1.17
-1.04
-0.95
-1.41
-1.70
-1.52
-1.48
Canada
-58.01
-41.89
-54.40
-47.19
-46.23
-41.01
-35.46
-29.39
1.24
Central African Republic
-0.05
-0.25
-0.15
-0.10
-0.16
-0.18
-0.11
-0.20
-0.28
Chad
-1.19
-1.25
-1.51
-1.06
-0.72
-0.15
-0.48
-0.81
-0.53
Chile
-13.59
-9.32
-6.78
-6.57
-7.68
-13.44
-14.46
-4.78
-21.17
China
148.20
236.05
293.02
191.34
188.68
24.13
102.91
248.84
317.30
China, Hong Kong SAR
4.19
4.06
10.26
12.70
15.59
13.52
21.36
24.09
41.24
China, Macao SAR
20.27
17.96
10.52
11.95
15.51
18.24
18.68
3.88
4.13
Colombia
-12.37
-19.82
-18.70
-12.59
-9.92
-14.04
-14.81
-9.21
-17.83
Comoros
-0.05
-0.04
0.00
-0.04
-0.02
-0.03
-0.04
-0.02
-0.04
Congo
1.93
0.19
-4.64
-4.95
-0.67
-0.01
0.05
-0.01
1.98
Costa Rica
-2.43
-2.45
-1.92
-1.26
-2.19
-1.87
-0.83
-0.71
-2.11
Croatia
-0.60
0.20
1.69
1.21
1.99
1.17
1.89
-0.06
1.38
Cyprus
-0.35
-0.94
-0.09
-0.88
-1.16
-1.01
-1.47
-2.49
-2.10
Czechia
-1.11
0.38
0.84
3.49
3.38
1.11
0.84
8.77
-2.23
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
-3.11
-1.72
-1.48
-1.50
-1.24
-1.67
-1.62
-1.10
-0.59
Denmark
26.66
31.50
24.96
24.34
26.60
25.98
30.62
28.98
33.14
Djibouti
-0.63
0.53
0.71
-0.03
-0.13
0.43
0.56
0.37
-0.04
Dominica
-0.03
-0.03
-0.04
-0.05
-0.24
-0.23
-0.16
-0.18
Dominican Republic
-2.57
-2.17
-1.28
-0.82
-0.13
-1.32
-1.19
-1.54
-2.40
Ecuador
-0.93
-0.67
-2.22
1.11
-0.18
-1.31
-0.06
2.57
2.67
Egypt
-6.39
-2.75
-12.14
-19.83
-14.39
-5.96
-10.89
-11.17
-18.44
El Salvador
-1.52
-1.21
-0.75
-0.55
-0.47
-0.86
-0.17
0.12
-1.21
Equatorial Guinea
-0.53
-0.93
-2.34
-2.92
-0.96
-0.27
-0.10
-0.42
-0.43
Eritrea
0.05
0.45
0.42
0.34
0.46
0.31
0.26
0.24
0.31
Estonia
0.07
0.19
0.41
0.30
0.61
0.24
0.78
-0.08
-0.41
Eswatini
0.50
0.51
0.53
0.30
0.28
0.06
0.19
0.27
0.03
Ethiopia
-2.76
-4.29
-7.24
-7.87
-6.50
-5.23
-4.93
-4.44
-3.17
Fiji
-0.43
-0.28
-0.21
-0.18
-0.36
-0.46
-0.69
-0.58
-0.79
Finland
-4.88
-3.66
-2.20
-4.81
-2.05
-5.09
-0.84
2.26
2.77
France
-14.34
-27.27
-8.97
-12.02
-19.85
-23.19
-7.93
-49.85
-27.42
Gabon
1.28
1.38
-0.80
-1.55
-1.29
-0.35
-0.15
-0.92
-1.32
Gambia
-0.09
-0.09
-0.13
-0.14
-0.11
-0.16
-0.11
-0.06
-0.19
Georgia
-0.96
-1.78
-1.77
-1.89
-1.31
-1.19
-0.96
-1.97
-1.83
Germany
244.85
280.26
288.82
295.12
288.89
316.32
294.35
272.47
313.96
Ghana
-5.70
-3.69
-2.82
-2.87
-2.00
-2.04
-1.88
-2.16
-2.30
Greece
-6.12
-5.57
-2.94
-4.58
-5.14
-7.58
-4.58
-13.84
-13.88
Grenada
-0.11
-0.13
-0.12
-0.16
-0.19
-0.18
-0.22
-0.27
Guatemala
-2.24
-1.91
-0.77
0.64
0.80
0.62
1.79
4.25
2.34
Guinea
-1.05
-1.26
-1.10
-2.64
-0.70
-2.27
-1.55
-2.09
-0.70
Guinea-Bissau
-0.05
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.00
-0.05
-0.13
-0.04
-0.05
Guyana
-0.41
-0.28
-0.15
0.07
-0.23
-1.39
-2.80
-0.79
-2.28
Haiti
-0.56
-1.10
-0.76
-0.25
-0.33
-0.47
-0.17
0.16
0.10
Honduras
-1.76
-1.37
-0.98
-0.68
-0.29
-1.58
-0.67
0.66
-1.39
Hungary
4.70
1.70
2.94
5.77
2.86
0.26
-1.14
-2.47
-1.75
Iceland
1.01
0.79
0.99
1.68
1.04
0.93
1.44
0.18
-0.71
India
-32.26
-26.79
-22.09
-14.35
-48.66
-57.18
-24.55
24.01
-49.34
Indonesia
-29.11
-27.51
-17.52
-16.95
-16.20
-30.63
-30.28
-4.43
3.33
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
23.14
12.20
1.36
13.24
14.92
26.74
3.75
-0.71
28.63
Iraq
2.68
6.11
-11.31
-12.54
-9.04
9.73
1.09
-18.30
12.37
Ireland
3.70
2.78
12.82
-12.59
1.65
18.91
-79.24
-11.29
69.59
Israel
8.28
12.69
15.50
11.35
12.80
10.44
13.38
22.17
22.18
Italy
23.86
41.01
26.37
48.88
50.73
52.88
64.84
70.86
69.09
Jamaica
-1.36
-1.11
-0.43
-0.04
-0.40
-0.24
-0.36
-0.04
0.11
Japan
45.95
36.77
136.45
197.78
203.54
177.82
175.97
148.83
141.71
Jordan
-3.51
-2.61
-3.48
-3.86
-4.40
-2.97
-0.95
-3.55
-4.57
Kazakhstan
1.95
6.11
-6.01
-8.13
-5.10
-0.14
-7.30
-6.49
-5.66
Kenya
-4.84
-6.38
-4.42
-4.04
-5.78
-5.03
-5.29
-4.80
-5.94
Kiribati
-0.01
0.06
0.06
0.02
0.07
0.08
0.09
0.07
0.04
Korea, Republic of
77.26
83.03
105.12
97.92
75.23
77.47
59.68
75.90
88.30
Kosovo
-0.24
-0.51
-0.55
-0.53
-0.39
-0.60
-0.45
-0.54
-0.82
Kuwait
70.21
54.41
4.02
-5.06
9.61
19.90
17.07
3.41
21.73
Kyrgyz Republic
-1.02
-1.27
-1.06
-0.79
-0.48
-1.00
-1.07
0.35
-0.45
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
-3.17
-3.09
-3.22
-1.75
-1.90
-2.35
-1.71
-0.84
-0.92
Latvia
-0.84
-0.51
-0.16
0.45
0.38
-0.07
-0.23
0.96
-1.11
Lebanon
-13.12
-13.88
-9.92
-12.04
-13.99
-15.73
-14.36
-3.88
Lesotho
-0.13
-0.13
-0.09
-0.15
-0.06
-0.03
-0.05
-0.04
-0.23
Liberia
-0.27
-1.07
-0.87
-0.75
-0.74
-0.70
-0.61
-0.50
-0.62
Libya
0.01
-19.00
-9.21
-4.71
4.44
11.11
4.68
-3.98
6.99
Lithuania
0.39
1.54
-1.17
-0.35
0.28
0.16
1.90
4.15
1.77
Luxembourg
3.32
3.39
2.91
2.96
3.11
3.34
3.20
3.14
2.40
Madagascar
-0.81
-0.03
-0.18
0.06
-0.06
0.10
-0.32
-0.70
-0.77
Malawi
-0.45
-0.50
-1.10
-1.01
-1.60
-1.19
-1.39
-1.63
-1.77
Malaysia
11.26
14.85
9.00
7.23
8.91
8.01
12.78
14.29
12.91
Maldives
-0.14
-0.14
-0.31
-1.03
-1.03
-1.50
-1.49
-1.33
-0.79
Mali
-0.38
-0.68
-0.70
-1.02
-1.12
-0.84
-1.29
-0.40
-0.86
Malta
0.27
0.99
0.30
-0.07
0.79
0.98
0.85
-0.46
-0.88
Marshall Islands
-0.01
0.00
0.03
0.03
0.01
0.01
-0.06
0.04
0.01
Mauritania
-1.26
-1.47
-0.96
-0.71
-0.68
-0.98
-0.83
-0.58
-0.20
Mauritius
-0.75
-0.69
-0.42
-0.49
-0.61
-0.56
-0.76
-1.37
-1.23
Mexico
-31.39
-25.26
-30.91
-24.14
-20.03
-24.33
-3.47
26.21
-4.87
Micronesia (Federated States of)
-0.03
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.04
0.09
0.07
0.01
0.00
Mongolia
-4.73
-1.93
-0.95
-0.70
-1.16
-2.21
-2.16
-0.68
-1.96
Montenegro
-0.51
-0.57
-0.45
-0.71
-0.78
-0.94
-0.79
-1.24
-0.54
Morocco
-7.87
-6.57
-2.17
-4.19
-3.75
-6.22
-4.41
-1.68
-3.82
Mozambique
-6.88
-6.44
-5.97
-3.85
-2.59
-4.50
-2.93
-3.87
-3.62
Myanmar
-0.75
-2.82
-2.18
-2.53
-4.16
-3.14
-1.95
-2.75
-0.84
Namibia
-0.99
-1.17
-1.56
-1.77
-0.57
-0.47
-0.22
0.32
-0.91
Nauru
0.05
0.03
-0.02
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.01
Nepal
0.64
0.91
1.07
1.34
-0.09
-2.35
-2.37
-0.34
-2.84
Netherlands
85.54
72.93
48.26
63.24
90.25
99.14
85.30
63.72
96.30
New Zealand
-5.93
-6.28
-5.00
-3.93
-5.73
-8.33
-6.15
-1.73
-14.32
Nicaragua
-1.38
-0.95
-1.26
-1.13
-0.99
-0.23
0.75
0.74
-0.37
Niger
-1.15
-1.31
-1.49
-1.18
-1.27
-1.63
-1.58
-1.85
-2.36
Nigeria
19.05
0.91
-15.44
5.08
12.69
6.26
-14.63
-16.98
-3.71
North Macedonia
-0.18
-0.06
-0.20
-0.31
-0.12
-0.01
-0.41
-0.42
-0.49
Norway
53.93
54.05
30.99
16.43
21.82
34.75
11.73
4.03
74.05
Oman
5.20
4.21
-10.94
-12.54
-10.98
-4.29
-4.16
-8.66
-3.08
Pakistan
-2.50
-3.13
-2.82
-4.96
-12.27
-19.20
-13.43
-4.45
-1.92
Palau
-0.03
-0.05
-0.03
-0.04
-0.06
-0.04
-0.09
-0.12
-0.12
Panama
-4.08
-6.68
-4.85
-4.51
-3.75
-4.95
-3.33
1.20
-1.85
Papua New Guinea
-6.74
3.28
5.33
5.89
6.46
5.90
5.09
5.17
5.94
Paraguay
0.62
-0.05
-0.15
1.31
1.18
0.02
-0.18
0.96
0.31
Peru
-10.38
-9.08
-9.52
-5.06
-2.78
-3.92
-2.40
1.55
-6.19
Philippines
11.38
10.76
7.27
-1.20
-2.14
-8.88
-3.05
11.58
-6.92
Poland
-9.43
-14.22
-4.36
-3.75
-2.16
-7.54
2.82
17.52
-5.76
Portugal
3.70
0.36
0.46
2.42
2.87
1.34
1.04
-2.44
-2.84
Qatar
60.46
49.41
13.75
-8.27
6.43
16.65
4.26
-2.86
26.43
Republic of Moldova
-0.49
-0.57
-0.46
-0.29
-0.56
-1.21
-1.11
-0.89
-1.44
Romania
-1.79
-0.53
-1.43
-2.98
-6.57
-11.22
-12.21
-12.53
-20.06
Russian Federation
33.43
57.51
67.78
24.47
32.18
115.68
65.54
36.03
122.04
Rwanda
-0.59
-0.94
-1.08
-1.33
-0.88
-0.98
-1.23
-1.23
-1.17
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0.00
-0.08
-0.12
-0.11
-0.06
-0.03
-0.08
-0.05
Saint Lucia
-0.04
-0.12
-0.04
0.03
0.12
-0.24
-0.19
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.19
-0.12
-0.10
-0.10
-0.09
-0.03
-0.14
-0.21
Samoa
-0.01
-0.07
-0.02
-0.04
-0.02
0.01
0.03
0.00
-0.12
San Marino
0.00
-0.03
0.10
0.06
0.05
Sao Tome and Principe
-0.04
-0.07
-0.04
-0.02
-0.05
-0.05
-0.05
-0.05
-0.05
Saudi Arabia
135.44
73.76
-56.72
-23.84
10.46
71.97
38.23
-21.57
54.64
Senegal
-1.56
-1.38
-1.02
-0.80
-1.53
-2.04
-1.85
-2.67
-3.25
Serbia
-2.78
-2.63
-1.37
-1.19
-2.31
-2.45
-3.54
-2.20
-2.77
Seychelles
-0.16
-0.31
-0.26
-0.29
-0.30
-0.28
-0.27
-0.28
-0.30
Sierra Leone
-0.74
-0.47
-1.00
-0.29
-0.68
-0.51
-0.58
-0.28
-0.55
Singapore
48.31
56.52
57.57
56.26
59.38
57.13
54.27
58.14
71.93
Slovakia
1.83
1.16
-1.85
-2.46
-1.83
-2.33
-3.54
0.11
-2.34
Slovenia
1.60
2.55
1.65
2.14
3.02
3.23
3.25
3.95
2.05
Solomon Islands
-0.04
-0.05
-0.04
-0.05
-0.06
-0.05
-0.15
-0.03
-0.09
Somalia
-0.53
-0.33
-0.34
-0.39
-0.43
-0.36
-0.68
-0.75
-1.10
South Africa
-21.35
-18.32
-15.04
-8.66
-9.03
-12.00
-10.00
6.67
15.36
South Sudan
-0.58
-0.19
0.25
0.59
0.17
0.34
0.08
-1.04
-0.39
Spain
27.62
23.31
24.22
39.14
36.37
26.72
29.32
10.56
13.43
Sri Lanka
-2.54
-1.99
-1.88
-1.74
-2.31
-2.80
-1.85
-1.08
-3.53
State of Palestine
-2.00
-1.90
-1.94
-2.14
-2.13
-2.14
-1.78
-1.90
-2.26
Sudan
-5.82
-3.55
-5.46
-4.21
-4.61
-4.68
-5.24
-6.00
-2.07
Suriname
-0.20
-0.42
-0.79
-0.16
0.07
-0.12
-0.45
0.26
0.15
Sweden
30.69
24.52
16.74
12.32
15.97
15.08
29.35
32.89
34.59
Switzerland
72.35
55.26
66.31
55.65
44.12
44.75
39.78
21.18
75.54
Syrian Arab Republic
Türkiye
-55.86
-38.85
-27.31
-27.04
-40.88
-21.74
5.30
-35.54
-14.89
Taiwan
49.94
60.61
72.77
71.26
83.07
70.84
65.16
94.96
116.12
Tajikistan
-0.89
-0.32
-0.48
-0.29
0.16
-0.38
-0.19
0.34
0.24
Thailand
-8.83
11.64
27.75
43.44
43.95
28.42
38.04
21.18
-10.90
Timor-Leste
2.39
1.09
0.20
-0.54
-0.28
-0.19
0.13
-0.31
0.04
Togo
-0.53
-0.42
-0.43
-0.44
-0.10
-0.19
-0.06
-0.11
-0.28
Tonga
-0.04
-0.03
-0.04
-0.03
-0.03
-0.03
0.00
-0.02
0.02
Trinidad and Tobago
5.57
4.16
2.06
-0.78
1.41
1.63
1.02
-0.14
0.96
Tunisia
-4.47
-4.69
-4.19
-3.89
-4.08
-4.44
-3.27
-2.51
-2.87
Turkmenistan
-4.16
-4.34
-7.61
-9.64
-5.15
2.41
1.47
-1.76
1.25
Tuvalu
0.00
0.00
-0.03
0.01
0.01
0.03
-0.01
0.00
0.00
Uganda
-1.84
-2.17
-1.67
-0.83
-1.50
-1.94
-2.34
-3.49
-3.34
Ukraine
-16.52
-5.11
1.57
-1.39
-2.45
-4.28
-4.21
5.17
-2.09
United Arab Emirates
73.21
54.49
17.55
13.20
27.50
41.24
37.32
21.10
47.95
United Kingdom
-133.80
-157.87
-152.74
-145.57
-98.09
-112.63
-76.84
-69.01
-82.48
United Republic of Tanzania
-4.89
-4.90
-3.67
-2.10
-1.41
-1.74
-1.57
-1.17
-2.34
United States of America
-339.46
-369.99
-408.89
-397.57
-361.71
-438.24
-472.15
-616.10
-806.61
Uruguay
-2.02
-1.84
-0.15
0.47
0.01
-0.27
0.98
-0.45
-1.12
Uzbekistan
1.32
2.08
0.90
0.21
1.48
-3.59
-3.37
-3.01
-4.81
Vanuatu
-0.03
0.06
0.00
0.03
-0.04
0.11
0.13
0.03
-0.02
Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of)
4.60
4.92
-16.05
-3.87
8.71
8.61
4.34
-4.41
-0.63
Vietnam
7.74
8.62
-2.04
0.63
-1.65
5.77
12.17
15.06
-1.76
Yemen
-1.24
-0.32
-2.62
-0.89
-0.37
-0.18
-0.84
-1.12
-1.02
Zambia
-0.22
0.58
-0.57
-0.69
-0.44
-0.34
0.13
2.18
1.40
Zimbabwe
-2.65
-2.33
-1.60
-0.70
-0.27
-1.38
0.92
1.10
1.17