Goods balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (Balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations
SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations: Goods balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (Balance of) was 0.8893 in 2027. ▲ Rising
Goods balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (Balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations, 2000–2027
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations is 0.8893, measured in 2027. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 194.0% on the previous year and up 113.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations peaked at 0.8893 in 2027 and was at its lowest, -11.8, in 2011.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Goods balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (Balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -4.32 | — |
| 2001 | -3.83 | -11.4% |
| 2002 | -4.82 | +25.9% |
| 2003 | -4.79 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | -6.45 | +34.5% |
| 2005 | -7.29 | +13.1% |
| 2006 | -8.58 | +17.7% |
| 2007 | -9.02 | +5.1% |
| 2008 | -10.32 | +14.5% |
| 2009 | -9.07 | -12.1% |
| 2010 | -8.94 | -1.4% |
| 2011 | -11.8 | +31.9% |
| 2012 | -11.22 | -4.9% |
| 2013 | -9.12 | -18.7% |
| 2014 | -9.7 | +6.3% |
| 2015 | -9.78 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | -8.69 | -11.1% |
| 2017 | -6.65 | -23.5% |
| 2018 | -8.57 | +29.0% |
| 2019 | -7.92 | -7.7% |
| 2020 | -5.6 | -29.3% |
| 2021 | -5.32 | -5.0% |
| 2022 | -7.9 | +48.5% |
| 2023 | -5.21 | -34.0% |
| 2024 | -5.4 | +3.5% |
| 2025 | -4.97 | -8.0% |
| 2026 | -0.9458 | -81.0% |
| 2027 | 0.8893 | -194.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goods balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (Balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | +194.0% | -0.9458 | 0.8893 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -6.85 | -10.32 | -3.83 | 10 |
| 2010s | -9.24 | -11.8 | -6.65 | 10 |
| 2020s | -4.31 | -7.9 | 0.8893 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations?
- Goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of) in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations was 0.8893 in 2027, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of) recorded in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8893 in 2027.
- What is the lowest goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of) recorded in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations?
- The lowest recorded value was -11.8 in 2011.
- How does SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations rank for goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of)?
- SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations ranks 17th out of 19 groups with data for 2027.
- Is goods balance (credit less debit), percent of gdp (balance of) rising or falling in SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SSA low-income countries excluding countries in fragile situations data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Goods balance (credit less debit), Percent of GDP (Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition (BPM6)). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides information on recent economic developments and prospects for countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Data for the REO for sub-Saharan Africa are prepared in conjunction with the semi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercises, spring and fall.