Country / Current account balance
Does a country earn more from abroad than it spends?
The current account balance (trade plus net income and transfers) as a share of GDP. A surplus means a country earns more from the rest of the world than it pays out; a deficit, the reverse.
World Bank Open Data BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · 1960–2024
Highest (latest) 33.7% Macao SAR, China · 2024
Lowest (latest) -148.0% Equatorial Guinea · 1996
Countries 200 % of GDP
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| # | Country | % of GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao SAR, China | 33.7% | |
| 2 | Kuwait | 29.1% | |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 21.5% | |
| 4 | Singapore | 18.0% | |
| 5 | Ireland | 17.4% | |
| 6 | Qatar | 17.3% | |
| 7 | Andorra | 16.1% | |
| 8 | Norway | 15.6% | |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 15.0% | |
| 10 | Djibouti | 14.7% | |
| 11 | Brunei Darussalam | 14.5% | |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 14.5% | |
| 13 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 13.4% | |
| 14 | Denmark | 12.2% | |
| 15 | Switzerland | 9.2% | |
| 16 | Netherlands | 9.1% | |
| 17 | Malta | 7.1% | |
| 18 | Nigeria | 6.8% | |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 6.5% | |
| 20 | Sweden | 6.5% | |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 6.3% | |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 6.3% | |
| 23 | Angola | 6.3% | |
| 24 | Nauru | 6.0% | |
| 25 | Germany | 5.8% | |
| 26 | Ecuador | 5.7% | |
| 27 | Samoa | 5.6% | |
| 28 | Korea, Rep. | 5.3% | |
| 29 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.0% | |
| 30 | Bahrain | 4.8% | |
| 31 | Japan | 4.7% | |
| 32 | Slovenia | 4.5% | |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 4.4% | |
| 34 | Nicaragua | 4.2% | |
| 35 | Lesotho | 3.9% | |
| 36 | Cabo Verde | 3.9% | |
| 37 | Nepal | 3.9% | |
| 38 | Lithuania | 3.3% | |
| 39 | Lao PDR | 3.2% | |
| 40 | Spain | 3.2% | |
| 41 | Jamaica | 3.1% | |
| 42 | Iraq | 3.0% | |
| 43 | Guatemala | 2.9% | |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 2.9% | |
| 45 | Israel | 2.9% | |
| 46 | Oman | 2.9% | |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.5% | |
| 48 | Liberia | 2.5% | |
| 49 | China | 2.3% | |
| 50 | Peru | 2.2% | |
| 51 | Thailand | 2.2% | |
| 52 | Portugal | 2.1% | |
| 53 | Ghana | 2.0% | |
| 54 | Panama | 1.9% | |
| 55 | Czechia | 1.7% | |
| 56 | Malaysia | 1.7% | |
| 57 | Eswatini | 1.6% | |
| 58 | Hungary | 1.6% | |
| 59 | Austria | 1.5% | |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 1.2% | |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 1.2% | |
| 62 | Italy | 1.1% | |
| 63 | Argentina | 0.9% | |
| 64 | Cambodia | 0.5% | |
| 65 | Poland | 0.3% | |
| 66 | Suriname | 0.2% | |
| 67 | Pakistan | 0.1% | |
| 68 | France | 0.1% | |
| 69 | Belgium | -0.4% | |
| 70 | Canada | -0.5% | |
| 71 | Haiti | -0.6% | |
| 72 | Indonesia | -0.6% | |
| 73 | South Africa | -0.6% | |
| 74 | Bangladesh | -0.7% | |
| 75 | Finland | -0.7% | |
| 76 | Turkiye | -0.8% | |
| 77 | Uruguay | -0.8% | |
| 78 | India | -0.8% | |
| 79 | Mexico | -0.9% | |
| 80 | Costa Rica | -0.9% | |
| 81 | Algeria | -1.0% | |
| 82 | Morocco | -1.2% | |
| 83 | Estonia | -1.3% | |
| 84 | Kenya | -1.3% | |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | -1.3% | |
| 86 | Bulgaria | -1.3% | |
| 87 | Chile | -1.5% | |
| 88 | Tunisia | -1.5% | |
| 89 | Guinea | -1.6% | |
| 90 | St. Lucia | -1.6% | |
| 91 | Latvia | -1.6% | |
| 92 | Belize | -1.6% | |
| 93 | Colombia | -1.7% | |
| 94 | El Salvador | -1.8% | |
| 95 | Croatia | -2.1% | |
| 96 | North Macedonia | -2.1% | |
| 97 | Belarus | -2.1% | |
| 98 | Australia | -2.2% | |
| 99 | Bolivia | -2.4% | |
| 100 | Albania | -2.4% | |
| 101 | Ethiopia | -2.5% | |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | -2.7% | |
| 103 | Iceland | -2.8% | |
| 104 | United Kingdom | -3.0% | |
| 105 | Tanzania | -3.0% | |
| 106 | Brazil | -3.0% | |
| 107 | Cameroon | -3.3% | |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | -3.4% | |
| 109 | Paraguay | -3.4% | |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -3.5% | |
| 111 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | -3.8% | |
| 112 | Philippines | -4.0% | |
| 113 | United States | -4.1% | |
| 114 | Gambia, The | -4.2% | |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | -4.2% | |
| 116 | Botswana | -4.2% | |
| 117 | Madagascar | -4.3% | |
| 118 | Mali | -4.3% | |
| 119 | Zambia | -4.4% | |
| 120 | Honduras | -4.5% | |
| 121 | Cote d'Ivoire | -4.5% | |
| 122 | Serbia | -4.6% | |
| 123 | Armenia | -4.6% | |
| 124 | Slovak Republic | -4.6% | |
| 125 | New Zealand | -4.7% | |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | -5.0% | |
| 127 | Georgia | -5.3% | |
| 128 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | -5.7% | |
| 129 | Jordan | -5.9% | |
| 130 | Niger | -6.0% | |
| 131 | Bahamas, The | -6.7% | |
| 132 | Tonga | -6.7% | |
| 133 | Mauritius | -7.0% | |
| 134 | Greece | -7.1% | |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | -7.3% | |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | -7.3% | |
| 137 | Seychelles | -7.7% | |
| 138 | Fiji | -7.8% | |
| 139 | Uganda | -7.8% | |
| 140 | Ukraine | -8.0% | |
| 141 | Cyprus | -8.2% | |
| 142 | Romania | -8.2% | |
| 143 | Kosovo | -8.3% | |
| 144 | Mauritania | -9.5% | |
| 145 | Mongolia | -10.4% | |
| 146 | Mozambique | -11.0% | |
| 147 | St. Kitts and Nevis | -12.2% | |
| 148 | Rwanda | -12.7% | |
| 149 | Namibia | -13.7% | |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | -14.1% | |
| 151 | Burundi | -15.4% | |
| 152 | Moldova | -16.6% | |
| 153 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -16.7% | |
| 154 | Montenegro | -17.0% | |
| 155 | Maldives | -18.7% | |
| 156 | Malawi | -18.8% | |
| 157 | Kiribati | -19.3% | |
| 158 | Bhutan | -19.4% | |
| 159 | West Bank and Gaza | -21.1% | |
| 160 | Grenada | -21.6% | |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | -31.5% | |
| 162 | Dominica | -37.8% | |
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| — | Comoros | — | |
| — | Congo, Rep. | — | |
| — | Curacao | — | |
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| — | Eritrea | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | |
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| — | Togo | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | |
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| — | Venezuela, RB | — | |
| — | Yemen, Rep. | — |