NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of countries by current account balance

This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollars, equivalence based on The World Factbook ([1]). Most data are 2006 estimates. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1353x641, 47 KB) Summary Current account balance world figures, from CIA factbook, accessed April 2006 Red = deficit (more imports than exports) Blue = surplus (more exports than imports) Grey = no data Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Balance... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1353x641, 47 KB) Summary Current account balance world figures, from CIA factbook, accessed April 2006 Red = deficit (more imports than exports) Blue = surplus (more exports than imports) Grey = no data Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Balance... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... The World Factbook 2007 (government edtion) cover. ...

According to this list, 64 countries are in surplus, while 99 countries are in deficit.

Rank	Country	Current account balance (million US$)
1	People's Republic of China (PRC)	179,100
2	Japan	174,400
3	Germany	134,800
4	Russia	105,300
5	Saudi Arabia	103,800
6	Norway	63,330
7	Switzerland	50,440
8	Netherlands	50,170
9	Kuwait	40,750
10	Singapore	35,580
11	Venezuela	31,820
12	Sweden	28,610
13	United Arab Emirates	26,890
14	Algeria	25,800
15	Hong Kong	20,900
16	Canada	20,560
17	Malaysia	17,860
18	Lybia	14,500
19	Brazil	13,500
20	Iran	13,130
21	Nigeria	12,590
22	Qatar	12,510
23	Taiwan	9,700
24	Finland	8,749
25	Iraq	8,134
26	Angola	7,700
27	Oman	7,097
28	Belgium	6,925
29	Austria	5,913
30	Argentina	5,810
31	Chile	5,063
32	Denmark	4,941
33	Philippines	4,900
34	Luxembourg	4,630
35	Trinidad and Tobago	3,259
36	Azerbaijan	2,737
37	Egypt	2,697
38	Korea, South	2,000
39	Bahrain	1,999
40	Gabon	1,807
41	Botswana	1,698
42	Yemen	1,690
43	Indonesia	1,636
44	Peru	1,515
45	Israel	1,643
46	Uzbekistan	1,410
47	Burma	1,247
48	Republic of the Congo	1,215
49	Vietnam	1,029
50	Ecuador	727
51	Bolivia	688
52	Papua New Guinea	661
53	Namibia	572
54	Ivory Coast	460
55	Cameroon	419
56	Morocco	389
57	Bangladesh	339
58	Turkmenistan	321.2
59	Equatorial Guinea	175
60	British Virgin Islands	134.3 (1999)
61	Kazakhstan	113
62	Cook Islands	26.67 (2005)
63	Palau	15.09 (2004)
64	Tuvalu	2.323 (1998)
65	Samoa	-2.428 (2004)
66	Tonga	-4.321 (2005)
67	Comoros	-17 (2005)
68	Kiribati	-19.87 (2004)
69	Swaziland	-23.13
70	São Tomé and Príncipe	-24.4
71	Vanuatu	-28.35 (2003)
72	Federated States of Micronesia	-34.3 (2005)
73	Anguilla	-42.87 (2003)
74	Cape Verde	-44.43
75	The Gambia	-54.61
76	Burundi	-57.84
77	Haiti	-58.72
78	Tajikstan	-73.95
79	Lesotho	-75.44
80	Seychelles	-78.59
81	Antigua and Barbuda	-83.4 (2004)
82	Guyana	-84.3
83	Rwanda	-104.1
84	Honduras	-160
85	Zambia	-165.4
86	Macedonia	-167
87	Belize	-173.4
88	Malawi	-186
89	Ghana	-219
90	Armenia	-247.3
91	Togo	-261.9
92	Zimbabwe	-264.6
93	Kyrgyzstan	-287.3
94	Paraguay	-300
95	Chad	-324.1
96	Benin	-342.7
97	Guinea	-344
98	Cambodia	-369
99	Mexico	-400.1
100	Uganda	-423
101	Eritrea	-440.5
102	Mozambique	-444.4
103	Fiji	-465.8
104	Panama	-467
105	Madagascar	-504
106	Laos	-404.2
107	Belarus	-511.8
108	Syria	-529
109	Moldova	-561
110	Uruguay	-600
111	Burkina Faso	-604.6
112	Mauritius	-651
113	Albania	-679.9
114	Georgia	-735
115	Tunisia	-760
116	Slovenia	-789.2
117	Nicaragua	-883
118	Senegal	-895.2
119	Thailand	-899.4
120	Tanzania	-906
121	Malta	-966.2
122	Jamaica	-970
123	Cyprus	-1,051
124	El Salvador	-1,059
125	Sri Lanka	-1,118
126	Kenya	-1,119
127	Dominican Republic	-1,124
128	Costa Rica	-1,176
129	Cuba	-1,218
130	Guatemala	-1,533
131	Boznia and Herzegovina	-1,730
132	Estonia	-1,919
133	Ukraine	-1,933
134	Colombia	-2,219
135	Serbia	-2,451 (2005)
136	Latvia	-2,538
137	Lithuania	-2,572
138	Jordan	-2,834
139	Croatia	-2,892
140	Iceland	-2,932
141	Ethiopia	-3,384
142	Slovakia	-3,781
143	Czech Republic	-4,352
144	Sudan	-4,510
145	Poland	-4,548
146	Bulgaria	-5,100
147	Lebanon	-5,339
148	Pakistan	-5,486
149	New Zealand	-7,944
150	Hungary	-8,392
151	Ireland	-9,450
152	Romania	-12,450
153	South Africa	-12,690
154	Portugal	-16,750
155	Greece	-21,370
156	Italy	-23,730
157	Turkey	-25,990
158	India	-26,400
159	France	-38,000
160	Australia	-41,620
161	United Kingdom	-57,680
162	Spain	-98,600
163	United States	-862,300

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