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Who Produces the Biggest Current Account Surplus?

Current Account Balance (As % of GDP) (%), 2022
Economy | March 7, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 172 countries in 2022, Guyana ranked the highest in current account balance as a share of GDP with 43.5% followed by Azerbaijan and Kuwait. On the other end of the scale was Mozambique with -45.9%, Cambodia with -31.3% and Bhutan with -24.5%.

Data for more countries are available at Current Account Balance (As % of GDP) indicator page.

Current Account Balance (As % of GDP) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Azerbaijan % 4.07% 12.8% 9.06% -0.533% 15.2%
Congo % -6.03% -0.160% 0.413% -0.090% 12.6%
Guyana % -4.89% -29.0% -53.3% -16.4% -25.6%
Iraq % -4.70% 3.01% 0.358% -10.8% 7.83%
Ireland % 0.490% 4.90% -19.8% -6.84% 14.2%
Kuwait % 7.96% 14.4% 12.5% 3.21% 16.3%
Libya % 6.57% 14.7% 6.70% -8.48% 18.1%
Norway % 5.48% 7.95% 2.90% 1.11% 15.0%
Papua New Guinea % 28.5% 24.4% 22.0% 20.2% 22.9%
Qatar % 3.99% 9.08% 2.42% -1.98% 14.7%
Saudi Arabia % 1.52% 8.81% 4.76% -3.24% 5.32%
Singapore % 17.3% 15.2% 14.5% 16.8% 18.1%
Taiwan % 14.1% 11.6% 10.6% 14.2% 14.8%
Trinidad and Tobago % 6.08% 6.83% 4.27% -6.34% 10.4%
United Arab Emirates % 7.13% 9.77% 8.95% 5.88% 11.4%