Current account balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP by country
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What the numbers show
Current account balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 28.94 in Suriname; the lowest is -16.48 in Dominica.
The median across all reporting countries is -1.31, and the mean is -1.28.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 1,225.9%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 599.7%).
Current account balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 28.94 | 2031 | up 1,225.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Guyana | 19.25 | 2031 | up 178.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4.78 | 2027 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Aruba | 4.68 | 2031 | up 308.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.29 | 2031 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Ecuador | 3.08 | 2031 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.24 | 2026 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Jamaica | 0.4585 | 2031 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | -0.0225 | 2031 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Nicaragua | -0.0699 | 2031 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Paraguay | -0.1748 | 2031 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | -0.3368 | 2031 | down 124.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Guatemala | -0.6347 | 2031 | down 129.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | -0.6718 | 2031 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Peru | -0.8298 | 2031 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Saint Lucia | -1.1 | 2031 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 17 | El Salvador | -1.3 | 2031 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Costa Rica | -1.31 | 2031 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | -1.66 | 2031 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Uruguay | -1.75 | 2031 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | -1.85 | 2031 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Haiti | -2.08 | 2031 | down 599.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | -2.41 | 2031 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Panama | -2.5 | 2031 | down 105.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | -3.19 | 2031 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Belize | -3.2 | 2031 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 27 | United States of America | -3.56 | 2031 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | -3.72 | 2031 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Barbados | -5.21 | 2031 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Bahamas | -5.88 | 2031 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | -9.39 | 2031 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -11.86 | 2031 | down 247.6% | falling |
| 33 | Grenada | -14.09 | 2031 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -16.09 | 2031 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 35 | Dominica | -16.48 | 2031 | up 50.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
The WHD Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides information on recent economic developments and prospects for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Data for the Western Hemisphere REO are prepared in conjunction and are consistent with the semi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercises. REO aggregate data may differ from WEO aggregates due to differences in group membership. Composite data for country groups are weighted averages of data for individual countries. Arithmetic weighted averages are used for all concepts except for inflation and broad money, for which geometric averages are used. PPP GDP weights from the WEO database are used for the aggregation of real GDP growth, real non-oil GDP growth, real per capita GDP growth, investment, national savings, broad money, claims on the nonfinancial private sector, and real and nominal effective exchange rates. Aggregates for other concepts are weighted by GDP in U.S. dollars at market exchange rates.