Current account balance as a share of GDP fell 33.7% to -16.8% in Niger in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, current account balance as a share of GDP in Niger reached an all time high of 1.15% in 1975 and an all time low of -18.0% in 2009. When compared to Niger's main peers, current account balance as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to -10.8%, -13.3% in Chad, -59.8% in Libya and -1.99% in Mali in 2020.
Niger has been ranked 159th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of current account balance as a share of GDP, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Current Account Balance (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Algeria | % | -10.1% | -10.8% | -16.6% | -14.1% | -13.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | -4.77% | -3.46% | -3.49% | -3.91% | -4.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | -4.36% | -5.44% | -4.52% | -3.17% | -2.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | -4.88% | -13.3% | -9.71% | -6.54% | -6.67% | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | -3.60% | -3.20% | -4.18% | -2.91% | -2.77% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | -0.298% | -59.8% | -22.4% | -10.7% | -8.33% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | -4.20% | -1.99% | -1.16% | -2.51% | -3.59% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | -10.6% | -15.3% | -17.3% | -12.8% | -4.84% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | -4.15% | -7.28% | -5.22% | -4.58% | -4.06% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | -12.6% | -16.8% | -19.2% | -11.6% | -7.76% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | -3.80% | -3.65% | -2.02% | -1.47% | -0.869% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 1.97% | 0.539% | 0.927% | 1.27% | 2.01% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | -15.1% | -12.7% | -10.7% | -10.7% | -9.55% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | -8.47% | -8.28% | -8.67% | -7.86% | -6.81% |
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