Current account balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) by country

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.

Countries reporting
26
Highest
16.32
Singapore
Lowest
-15.72
Montenegro
Median
1.56
Years covered
52
1980–2031
Data points
1,272

What the numbers show

Current account balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 16.32 in Singapore; the lowest is -15.72 in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.56, and the mean is 1.77.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 721.4%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 205.8%).

Current account balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 16.32 2031 down 15.2% volatile
2 Brunei Darussalam 15.92 2031 up 43.0% volatile
3 Chinese Taipei 15.38 2031 up 2.3% volatile
4 Hong Kong, China 11.42 2031 down 3.2% volatile
5 United Arab Emirates 9.04 2031 down 20.4% volatile
6 Korea 5.46 2031 up 26.4% volatile
7 Ghana 4.93 2031 up 274.9% volatile
8 Japan 4.05 2031 up 7.9% rising
9 Nigeria 3.32 2031 up 721.4% volatile
10 Ecuador 3.08 2031 up 8.3% volatile
11 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.7 2031 down 25.5% volatile
12 Thailand 2.67 2031 up 224.6% volatile
13 Lithuania 1.65 2031 up 14.2% volatile
14 Spain 1.47 2031 up 89.9% volatile
15 Poland -0.9747 2031 up 25.1% volatile
16 Türkiye -1.16 2031 down 36.0% volatile
17 Estonia -1.39 2031 up 62.0% volatile
18 Dominican Republic -1.66 2031 up 41.1% volatile
19 India -1.95 2031 down 55.1% volatile
20 Australia -2.41 2031 down 205.8% volatile
21 Egypt -2.67 2031 up 38.7% volatile
22 Latvia -3.58 2031 up 12.0% volatile
23 Honduras -3.72 2031 up 32.0% volatile
24 Saudi Arabia -3.76 2031 down 182.2% volatile
25 Maldives -12.36 2031 down 42.9% volatile
26 Montenegro -15.72 2031 down 69.8% rising

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Indicator
Current account balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (9/26/2025)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
26 places, 1,272 data points, 1980–2031
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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.