List of countries by current account balance

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countries in current account surplus countries in current account deficit

Current Account Balance as percentage of GDP 2006^[1]

Current Account Balance per capita 2006^[2]

This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollars, equivalence based on The World Factbook ^[3]. Most data are 2007 estimates. Note that the sum of all current account does not balance at zero, which could be caused by some of the included figures being incorrect and the omission of a number of countries' data.

According to this list, 63 countries are in surplus, while 101 countries are in deficit.

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Rank	Country	Current account balance (million US$)	date
1	People's Republic of China	363,000	2007 est.
2	Japan	201,300	2007 est.
3	Germany	185,100	2007 est.
4	Saudi Arabia	88,890	2007 est.
5	Russia	74,000	2007 est.
6	Switzerland	67,890	2007 est.
7	Netherlands	59,280	2007 est.
8	Norway	55,820	2007 est.
9	Kuwait	51,490	2007 est.
10	Singapore	41,390	2007 est.
11	United Arab Emirates	36,110	2007 est.
12	Algeria	31,500	2007 est.
13	Sweden	30,190	2007 est.
14	Canada	28,460	2007 est.
15	Malaysia	25,930	2007 est.
16	Republic of China	23,800	2007 est.
17	Hong Kong	19,870	2007 est.
18	Iran	19,000	2007 est.
19	Finland	17,120	2007 est.
20	Venezuela	17,020	2007 est.
21	Nigeria	14,610	2007 est.
22	Angola	13,640	2007 est.
23	Austria	12,610	2007 est.
24	Libya	11,710	2007 est.
25	Luxembourg	11,300	2007 est.
26	Argentina	11,154	Dec 2007
27	Belgium	11,040	2007 est.
28	Indonesia	10,210	2007 est.
29	Brazil	10,200	2007 est.
30	Philippines	9,040	2007 est.
31	Thailand	8,619	2007 est.
32	Chile	8,184	2007 est.
33	Iraq	7,802	2007 est.
34	Qatar	7,733	2007 est.
35	Azerbaijan	7,535	2007 est.
36	Israel	5,941	2007 est.
37	Denmark	4,699	2007 est.
38	Trinidad and Tobago	4,288	2007 est.
39	Oman	3,785	2007 est.
40	South Korea	3,700	2007 est.
41	Egypt	3,115	2007 est.
42	Uzbekistan	3,045	2007 est.
43	Botswana	2,231	2007 est.
44	Peru	2,045	2007 est.
45	Bahrain	2,009	2007 est.
46	Burma	1,676	2007 est.
47	Gabon	1,626	2007 est.
48	Bolivia	1,325	2007 est.
49	Congo	1,094	2007 est.
50	Namibia	1,065	2007 est.
51	Côte d'Ivoire	1,056	2007 est.
52	Turkmenistan	689.3	2007 est.
53	Bangladesh	683	2007 est.
54	Morocco	433.9	2007 est.
55	Papua New Guinea	314	2007 est.
56	Equatorial Guinea	250	2007 est.
57	Yemen	178	2007 est.
58	Zambia	150	2007 est.
59	British Virgin Islands	134.3	1999
60	Cook Islands	26.67	2005
61	Palau	15.09	FY03/04
62	Republic of Macedonia	5	2007 est.
63	Tuvalu	2.323	1998
64	Samoa	-2.428	FY03/04
65	Tonga	-4.321	FY04/05
66	Comoros	-17	2005 est.
67	Kiribati	-19.87	2004
68	Swaziland	-26.71	2007 est.
69	Lesotho	-28	2007 est.
70	Vanuatu	-28.35	2003
71	Gambia	-31.69	2007 est.
72	Federated States of Micronesia	-34.3	FY05 est.
73	Anguilla	-42.87	2003 est.
74	Belize	-54	2007 est.
75	São Tomé and Príncipe	-58	2007 est.
76	Paraguay	-82	2007 est.
77	Antigua and Barbuda	-83.4	2004
78	Uruguay	-100	2007 est.
79	Tajikistan	-102	2007 est.
80	Burundi	-137.3	2007 est.
81	Seychelles	-141	2007 est.
82	Chad	-144.5	2007 est.
83	Togo	-165.5	2007 est.
84	Rwanda	-172.8	2007 est.
85	Guinea	-175	2007 est.
86	Malawi	-180	2007 est.
87	Haiti	-184.8	2007 est.
88	Cape Verde	-218	2007 est.
89	Guyana	-229.7	2007 est.
90	Uganda	-241	2007 est.
91	Armenia	-275.1	2007 est.
92	Benin	-278.8	2007 est.
93	Eritrea	-343.1	2007 est.
94	Laos	-355	2007 est.
95	Zimbabwe	-409	2007 est.
96	Cambodia	-410	2007 est.
97	Malta	-411	2007 est.
98	Honduras	-446	2007 est.
99	Fiji	-465.8	2006 est.
100	Cameroon	-501	2007 est.
101	Mauritius	-552	2007 est.
102	Moldova	-569	2007 est.
103	Ecuador	-600	2007 est.
104	Kyrgyzstan	-677.3	2007 est.
105	Burkina Faso	-710	2007 est.
106	Mozambique	-726	2007 est.
107	Cuba	-750	2007 est.
108	Nicaragua	-754	2007 est.
109	Panama	-861	2007 est.
110	Albania	-918	2007 est.
111	El Salvador	-929	2007 est.
112	Tunisia	-935	2007 est.
113	Kenya	-980	2007 est.
114	Senegal	-1,034	2007 est.
115	Sri Lanka	-1,118	2007 est.
116	Madagascar	-1,145	2007 est.
117	Vietnam	-1,199	2007 est.
118	Cyprus	-1,236	2007 est.
119	Costa Rica	-1,259	2007 est.
120	Tanzania	-1,422	2007 est.
122	Slovenia	-1,429	2007 est.
123	Ghana	-1,470	2007 est.
124	Jamaica	-1,573	2007 est.
125	Georgia	-1,582	2007 est.
126	Jordan	-1,690	2007 est.
127	Guatemala	-1,772	2007 est.
128	Ethiopia	-1,851	2007 est.
129	Dominican Republic	-1,993	2007 est.
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-2,021	2007 est.
131	Syria	-2,160	2007 est.
132	Serbia	-2,451	2005 est.
133	Belarus	-3,056	2007 est.
134	Estonia	-3,092	2007 est.
135	Slovakia	-3,119	2007 est.
136	Lebanon	-3,337	2007 est.
137	Iceland	-3,384	2007 est.
138	Croatia	-3,836	2007 est.
139	Ukraine	-3,890	2007 est.
140	Sudan	-4,465	2007 est.
141	Kazakhstan	-4,643	2007 est.
142	Colombia	-5,132	2007 est.
143	Lithuania	-5,320	2007 est.
144	Mexico	-5,414	2007 est.
145	Czech Republic	-5,701	2007 est.
146	Latvia	-5,839	2007 est.
147	Pakistan	-6,477	2007 est.
148	Hungary	-6,681	2007 est.
149	Bulgaria	-7,189	2007 est.
150	New Zealand	-9,973	2007 est.
151	Ireland	-12,600	2007 est.
152	South Africa	-16,280	2007 est.
153	Poland	-18,130	2007 est.
154	India	-18,530	2007 est.
155	Portugal	-18,530	2007 est.
156	Romania	-20,950	2007 est.
157	France	-35,940	2007 est.
158	Turkey	-36,270	2007 est.
159	Greece	-36,400	2007 est.
160	Australia	-50,960	2007 est.
161	Italy	-57,940	2007 est.
162	United Kingdom	-111,000	2007 est.
163	Spain	-126,300	2007 est.
164	United States	-987,100	2007 est.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ World Economic Outlook Database, April 2008.
^ World Economic Outlook Database, April 2008.
^ Rank Order - Current account balance. The World Factbook, CIA (2008-01-24). Retrieved on 2008-02-07.

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