World ranking — Current Account Balance (% of GDP)
Current account balance normalized by GDP; the standard cross-country comparison of external imbalances.
Unit: percent · Values in red are IMF forecasts (as of April 2026)
| Rank | Country | Value | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Macao |
34.99 | 2026 |
| 2 |  Kuwait |
26.05 | 2026 |
| 3 |  Guyana |
21.48 | 2026 |
| 4 |  Taiwan |
18.12 | 2026 |
| 5 |  San Marino |
17.14 | 2026 |
| 6 |  Singapore |
16.57 | 2026 |
| 7 |  Andorra |
15.96 | 2026 |
| 8 |  Brunei |
14.49 | 2026 |
| 9 |  Norway |
14.29 | 2026 |
| 10 |  Papua New Guinea |
13.67 | 2026 |
| 11 |  Eritrea |
12.99 | 2019 |
| 12 |  Liechtenstein |
12.72 | 2026 |
| 13 |  Hong Kong |
12.65 | 2026 |
| 14 |  Denmark |
12.27 | 2026 |
| 15 |  United Arab Emirates |
11.42 | 2026 |
| 16 |  Qatar |
11.05 | 2026 |
| 17 |  Djibouti |
10.11 | 2026 |
| 18 |  Ghana |
10.07 | 2026 |
| 19 |  Azerbaijan |
9.66 | 2026 |
| 20 |  Netherlands |
8.8 | 2026 |
| 21 |  Burkina Faso |
8.59 | 2026 |
| 22 |  Ireland |
8.07 | 2026 |
| 23 |  Oman |
7.51 | 2026 |
| 24 |  Venezuela |
7.08 | 2026 |
| 25 |  Nepal |
6.91 | 2026 |
| 26 |  Switzerland |
6.84 | 2026 |
| 27 |  Nicaragua |
6.42 | 2026 |
| 28 |  Tajikistan |
6.34 | 2026 |
| 29 |  Nigeria |
5.81 | 2026 |
| 30 |  Malta |
5.79 | 2026 |
| 31 |  South Korea |
5.58 | 2026 |
| 32 |  Vietnam |
5.31 | 2026 |
| 33 |  Sweden |
5.25 | 2026 |
| 34 |  Ecuador |
5.21 | 2026 |
| 35 |  Luxembourg |
4.5 | 2026 |
| 36 |  Libya |
4.16 | 2026 |
| 37 |  Bahrain |
3.93 | 2026 |
| 38 |  Germany |
3.88 | 2026 |
| 39 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
3.84 | 2026 |
| 40 |  Japan |
3.8 | 2026 |
| 41 |  Zimbabwe |
3.74 | 2026 |
| 42 |  Turkmenistan |
3.73 | 2026 |
| 43 |  China |
3.48 | 2026 |
| 44 |  Peru |
3.41 | 2026 |
| 45 |  Guatemala |
3.2 | 2026 |
| 46 |  South Sudan |
3.19 | 2026 |
| 47 |  Slovenia |
3.16 | 2026 |
| 48 |  Russia |
2.95 | 2026 |
| 49 |  Marshall Islands |
2.39 | 2026 |
| 50 |  Nauru |
2.34 | 2026 |
| 51 |  Angola |
2.21 | 2026 |
| 52 |  Spain |
2.21 | 2026 |
| 53 |  Israel |
1.94 | 2026 |
| 54 |  Malaysia |
1.39 | 2026 |
| 55 |  Bolivia |
1.24 | 2026 |
| 56 |  Sri Lanka |
1.22 | 2024 |
| 57 |  Micronesia |
1.1 | 2026 |
| 58 |  Zambia |
0.93 | 2026 |
| 59 |  Chad |
0.83 | 2026 |
| 60 |  Thailand |
0.71 | 2026 |
| 61 |  Italy |
0.62 | 2026 |
| 62 |  Portugal |
0.52 | 2026 |
| 63 |  Austria |
0.44 | 2026 |
| 64 |  Lithuania |
0.2 | 2026 |
| 65 |  Haiti |
0.17 | 2026 |
| 66 |  Laos |
0.16 | 2026 |
| 67 |  Finland |
0.14 | 2026 |
| 68 |  Canada |
-0.22 | 2026 |
| 69 |  France |
-0.34 | 2026 |
| 70 |  Mexico |
-0.36 | 2026 |
| 71 |  Cabo Verde |
-0.42 | 2026 |
| 72 |  Hungary |
-0.43 | 2026 |
| 73 |  Pakistan |
-0.44 | 2026 |
| 74 |  Bangladesh |
-0.62 | 2026 |
| 75 |  Iceland |
-0.66 | 2026 |
| 76 |  Chile |
-0.77 | 2026 |
| 77 |  Argentina |
-0.79 | 2026 |
| 78 |  Uruguay |
-0.8 | 2026 |
| 79 |  South Africa |
-0.89 | 2026 |
| 80 |  Tuvalu |
-1.01 | 2026 |
| 81 |  Kazakhstan |
-1.05 | 2026 |
| 82 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
-1.06 | 2026 |
| 83 |  Indonesia |
-1.06 | 2026 |
| 84 |  Estonia |
-1.07 | 2026 |
| 85 |  Poland |
-1.11 | 2026 |
| 86 |  Myanmar |
-1.12 | 2026 |
| 87 |  Algeria |
-1.18 | 2026 |
| 88 |  Uzbekistan |
-1.31 | 2026 |
| 89 |  Mali |
-1.49 | 2026 |
| 90 |  Costa Rica |
-1.5 | 2026 |
| 91 |  Panama |
-1.5 | 2026 |
| 92 |  Czechia |
-1.52 | 2026 |
| 93 |  Dominican Republic |
-1.54 | 2026 |
| 94 |  Samoa |
-1.57 | 2026 |
| 95 |  Saudi Arabia |
-1.61 | 2026 |
| 96 |  Equatorial Guinea |
-1.65 | 2026 |
| 97 |  Eswatini |
-1.78 | 2026 |
| 98 |  Iran |
-1.8 | 2026 |
| 99 |  Botswana |
-1.91 | 2026 |
| 100 |  DR Congo |
-1.98 | 2026 |
| 101 |  Belgium |
-2 | 2026 |
| 102 |  India |
-2.03 | 2026 |
| 103 |  Tanzania |
-2.26 | 2026 |
| 104 |  Australia |
-2.31 | 2026 |
| 105 |  Ethiopia |
-2.38 | 2026 |
| 106 |  Colombia |
-2.54 | 2026 |
| 107 |  Honduras |
-2.59 | 2026 |
| 108 |  Belarus |
-2.69 | 2026 |
| 109 |  Brazil |
-2.71 | 2026 |
| 110 |  Albania |
-2.81 | 2026 |
| 111 |  Syria |
-2.84 | 2010 |
| 112 |  Türkiye |
-2.85 | 2026 |
| 113 |  Paraguay |
-2.99 | 2026 |
| 114 |  Slovakia |
-3.01 | 2026 |
| 115 |  Morocco |
-3.06 | 2026 |
| 116 |  Togo |
-3.18 | 2026 |
| 117 |  Sierra Leone |
-3.27 | 2026 |
| 118 |  El Salvador |
-3.3 | 2026 |
| 119 |  United Kingdom |
-3.38 | 2026 |
| 120 |  Lesotho |
-3.38 | 2026 |
| 121 |  Central African Republic |
-3.41 | 2026 |
| 122 |  Guinea |
-3.61 | 2026 |
| 123 |  Latvia |
-3.63 | 2026 |
| 124 |  United States |
-3.71 | 2026 |
| 125 |  Croatia |
-3.84 | 2026 |
| 126 |  Uganda |
-3.94 | 2026 |
| 127 |  Bulgaria |
-3.97 | 2026 |
| 128 |  New Zealand |
-3.99 | 2026 |
| 129 |  Kenya |
-4.07 | 2026 |
| 130 |  Egypt |
-4.15 | 2026 |
| 131 |  Tunisia |
-4.15 | 2026 |
| 132 |  Comoros |
-4.18 | 2026 |
| 133 |  Gabon |
-4.27 | 2026 |
| 134 |  Philippines |
-4.35 | 2026 |
| 135 |  Belize |
-4.49 | 2026 |
| 136 |  Sudan |
-4.51 | 2026 |
| 137 |  Saint Lucia |
-4.58 | 2026 |
| 138 |  Solomon Islands |
-4.58 | 2026 |
| 139 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
-4.65 | 2026 |
| 140 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
-4.73 | 2026 |
| 141 |  Benin |
-4.96 | 2026 |
| 142 |  North Macedonia |
-4.96 | 2026 |
| 143 |  Georgia |
-5.01 | 2026 |
| 144 |  Gambia |
-5.07 | 2026 |
| 145 |  Cameroon |
-5.08 | 2026 |
| 146 |  Iraq |
-5.35 | 2026 |
| 147 |  Burundi |
-5.5 | 2026 |
| 148 |  Serbia |
-5.7 | 2026 |
| 149 |  Armenia |
-5.95 | 2026 |
| 150 |  Jamaica |
-5.98 | 2026 |
| 151 |  Republic of the Congo |
-6.03 | 2026 |
| 152 |  Niger |
-6.14 | 2026 |
| 153 |  Jordan |
-6.19 | 2026 |
| 154 |  Senegal |
-6.22 | 2026 |
| 155 |  Cambodia |
-6.28 | 2026 |
| 156 |  Guinea-Bissau |
-6.32 | 2026 |
| 157 |  Greece |
-6.39 | 2026 |
| 158 |  Mauritania |
-6.52 | 2026 |
| 159 |  Romania |
-6.77 | 2026 |
| 160 |  Mauritius |
-6.93 | 2026 |
| 161 |  Barbados |
-6.98 | 2026 |
| 162 |  Kyrgyzstan |
-7.13 | 2026 |
| 163 |  Tonga |
-7.4 | 2026 |
| 164 |  Seychelles |
-7.82 | 2026 |
| 165 |  Mongolia |
-7.91 | 2026 |
| 166 |  Madagascar |
-7.95 | 2026 |
| 167 |  Yemen |
-8.13 | 2026 |
| 168 |  Vanuatu |
-8.55 | 2026 |
| 169 |  Somalia |
-8.68 | 2026 |
| 170 |  Bahamas |
-9.08 | 2026 |
| 171 |  Cyprus |
-9.33 | 2026 |
| 172 |  Kosovo |
-10.5 | 2026 |
| 173 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
-11.77 | 2026 |
| 174 |  Liberia |
-12.04 | 2026 |
| 175 |  Fiji |
-12.52 | 2026 |
| 176 |  Rwanda |
-13.38 | 2026 |
| 177 |  Malawi |
-15.41 | 2026 |
| 178 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
-15.45 | 2026 |
| 179 |  Namibia |
-15.66 | 2026 |
| 180 |  Palau |
-17.21 | 2026 |
| 181 |  Maldives |
-17.56 | 2026 |
| 182 |  Kiribati |
-17.66 | 2026 |
| 183 |  Palestine |
-18.1 | 2024 |
| 184 |  Grenada |
-18.31 | 2026 |
| 185 |  Ukraine |
-18.89 | 2026 |
| 186 |  Bhutan |
-19.32 | 2026 |
| 187 |  Montenegro |
-19.41 | 2026 |
| 188 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
-19.85 | 2026 |
| 189 |  Moldova |
-21.85 | 2026 |
| 190 |  Lebanon |
-22.48 | 2025 |
| 191 |  Timor-Leste |
-32.02 | 2026 |
| 192 |  Dominica |
-33.22 | 2026 |
| 193 |  Afghanistan |
-40.19 | 2025 |
| 194 |  Mozambique |
-43.04 | 2026 |
| 195 |  Suriname |
-44.84 | 2026 |