The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 Economy

Current account balance In 22 editions of 36.

Current account balance was published in 22 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2004 to 2025. The 2009 edition carries it in 191 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2009 edition
191
the first edition with it
2004
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Current account balance” (2004 to 2025).

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Africa

52 entries

Algeria

$35.27 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14
  • $30.6 billion (2007 est.)

Angola

$17.11 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21
  • $9.402 billion (2007 est.)

Benin

-$735 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111
  • -$407 million (2007 est.)

Botswana

$750.3 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49
  • $2.434 billion (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso

-$931 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113
  • -$564 million (2007 est.)

Burundi

-$182 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86
  • -$116.8 million (2007 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

-$259 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95
  • -$132.6 million (2007 est.)

Cameroon

-$96 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78
  • -$547 million (2007 est.)

Central African Republic

-$77 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Chad

-$1.019 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120
  • -$737.8 million (2007 est.)

Comoros

$8 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

-$402 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$848 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48
  • -$2.181 billion (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

$488 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52
  • -$146 million (2007 est.)

Djibouti

-$212 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Egypt

-$1.331 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128
  • $500.9 million (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$1.42 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43
  • $540.9 million (2007 est.)

Eritrea

-$229 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92
  • -$203 million (2007 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

-$33 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68
  • $4 million (2007 est.)

Ethiopia

-$1.806 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135
  • -$827.9 million (2007 est.)

Gabon

$2.727 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39
  • $1.549 billion (2007 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

-$127 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80
  • -$80.3 million (2007 est.)

Ghana

-$3.471 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151
  • -$1.717 billion (2007 est.)

Guinea

-$489 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105
  • -$463 million (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

-$6 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Kenya

-$1.978 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139
  • -$1.102 billion (2007 est.)

Lesotho

$121 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56
  • $211.8 million (2007 est.)

Liberia

-$224 million (2007)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Libya

$37.39 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13
  • $28.45 billion (2007 est.)

Madagascar

-$1.03 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121
  • -$807 million (2007 est.)

Malawi

-$241 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93
  • -$75 million (2007 est.)

Mali

-$446 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Mauritania

-$184 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Mauritius

-$972.8 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114
  • -$408.3 million (2007 est.)

Morocco

-$5.836 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160
  • -$224 million (2007 est.)

Mozambique

-$975.3 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116
  • -$785.3 million (2007 est.)

Namibia

$239.8 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54
  • $693.2 million (2007 est.)

Niger

-$321 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98
  • -$321 million (2007 est.)

Nigeria

$3.877 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37
  • $2.203 billion (2007 est.)

Rwanda

-$292 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97
  • -$147 million (2007 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

-$67 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75
  • -$44 million (2007 est.)

Senegal

-$975 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115
  • -$1.18 billion (2007 est.)

Seychelles

-$430 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102
  • -$274.8 million (2007 est.)

Sierra Leone

-$63 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

South Africa

-$20.98 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177
  • -$20.78 billion (2007 est.)

Sudan

-$1.314 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127
  • -$3.447 billion (2007 est.)

Tanzania

-$3.536 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152
  • -$1.856 billion (2007 est.)

Togo

-$272 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96
  • -$154 million (2007 est.)

Tunisia

-$1.667 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134
  • -$904 million (2007 est.)

Uganda

-$1.088 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123
  • -$744.7 million (2007 est.)

Zambia

-$977 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117
  • -$198 million (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe

-$584.6 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107
  • -$494.8 million (2007 est.)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

-$6.606 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164
  • -$3.178 billion (2007 est.)

Asia

21 entries

Afghanistan

-$67 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Armenia

-$1.355 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129
  • -$589.6 million (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan

$16.45 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22
  • $9.019 billion (2007 est.)

Bangladesh

$1.032 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47
  • $856.8 million (2007 est.)

Bhutan

$116 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

China

$426.1 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1
  • $371.8 billion (2007 est.)

Georgia

-$2.915 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147
  • -$2.119 billion (2007 est.)

India

-$36.09 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182
  • -$10.88 billion (2007 est.)

Japan

$156.6 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3
  • $210.5 billion (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan

$6.978 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29
  • -$8.226 billion (2007 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

-$6.349 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161
  • $5.954 billion (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

-$680 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110
  • -$267.9 million (2007 est.)

Maldives

-$638 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109
  • -$472 million (2007 est.)

Mongolia

-$1 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118
  • -$23 million (2007 est.)

Nepal

$241 million (2008)

  • country comparison to the world: 53
  • $58 million (2007)

Pakistan

-$15.68 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175
  • -$8.297 billion (2007 est.)

Russia

$102.4 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5
  • $77.01 billion (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka

-$3.876 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153
  • -$1.464 billion (2007 est.)

Tajikistan

$47.6 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58
  • -$495.1 million (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan

$4.669 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35
  • $3.285 billion (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan

$6.257 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31
  • $4.267 billion (2007 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

22 entries

Anguilla

-$42.87 million (2003 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Antigua and Barbuda

-$211 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

-$1.442 billion (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Barbados

-$254 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Belize

-$153.7 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84
  • -$51.1 million (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands

$134.3 million (1999)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Costa Rica

-$2.648 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143
  • -$1.578 billion (2007 est.)

Cuba

-$2.58 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142
  • $412 million (2007 est.)

Dominica

-$72 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Dominican Republic

-$4.436 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155
  • -$2.068 billion (2007 est.)

El Salvador

-$1.595 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133
  • -$1.119 billion (2007 est.)

Grenada

-$138 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Guatemala

-$1.932 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137
  • -$1.754 billion (2007 est.)

Haiti

-$611 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108
  • -$407 million (2007 est.)

Honduras

-$1.977 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138
  • -$1.274 billion (2007 est.)

Jamaica

-$2.745 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144
  • -$1.744 billion (2007 est.)

Nicaragua

-$1.475 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131
  • -$1.048 billion (2007 est.)

Panama

-$2.792 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146
  • -$1.422 billion (2007 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

-$163 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Saint Lucia

-$199 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-$149 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Trinidad and Tobago

$5.401 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34
  • $5.364 billion (2007 est.)

Europe

39 entries

Albania

-$1.906 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136
  • -$1.202 billion (2007 est.)

Austria

$14.27 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24
  • $12.03 billion (2007 est.)

Belarus

-$5.063 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158
  • -$3.042 billion (2007 est.)

Belgium

-$12.88 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172
  • $7.751 billion (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-$2.764 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145
  • -$1.931 billion (2007 est.)

Bulgaria

-$12.65 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170
  • -$8.716 billion (2007 est.)

Croatia

-$6.397 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162
  • -$4.447 billion (2007 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

-$6.642 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165
  • -$5.655 billion (2007 est.)

Denmark

$6.938 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30
  • $2.378 billion (2007 est.)

Estonia

-$2.192 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140
  • -$3.771 billion (2007 est.)

European Union

$51.4 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Finland

$5.518 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33
  • $10.12 billion (2007 est.)

France

-$52.91 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187
  • -$31.25 billion (2007 est.)

Germany

$243.6 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2
  • $263.1 billion (2007 est.)

Greece

-$51.53 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186
  • -$44.4 billion (2007 est.)

Hungary

-$12.98 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173
  • -$8.922 billion (2007 est.)

Ireland

-$13.88 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174
  • -$14.12 billion (2007 est.)

Italy

-$78.03 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188
  • -$51.03 billion (2007 est.)

Kosovo

-$964 million

Latvia

-$4.492 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157
  • -$6.485 billion (2007 est.)

Lithuania

-$5.629 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159
  • -$5.692 billion (2007 est.)

Luxembourg

$2.979 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38
  • $4.928 billion (2007 est.)

Malta

-$445 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103
  • -$468 million (2007 est.)

Moldova

-$1.015 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119
  • -$695.5 million (2007 est.)

Montenegro

-$1.102 billion (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Netherlands

$41.93 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9
  • $59.51 billion (2007 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

-$1.21 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126
  • -$247 million (2007 est.)

Norway

$88.34 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6
  • $60.46 billion (2007 est.)

Poland

-$26.91 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179
  • -$20.12 billion (2007 est.)

Portugal

-$29.6 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181
  • -$21.18 billion (2007 est.)

Romania

-$24.81 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178
  • -$23.02 billion (2007 est.)

Serbia

-$6.889 billion (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Slovakia

-$6.43 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163
  • -$4.482 billion (2007 est.)

Slovenia

-$3.323 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149
  • -$1.982 billion (2007 est.)

Spain

-$154.1 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189
  • -$145.4 billion (2007 est.)

Sweden

$40.32 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11
  • $38.42 billion (2007 est.)

Switzerland

$41.21 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10
  • $43.95 billion (2007 est.)

Ukraine

-$12.76 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171
  • -$5.918 billion (2007 est.)

United Kingdom

-$45.68 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185
  • -$78.78 billion (2007 est.)

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

$2.257 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40
  • $2.907 billion (2007 est.)

Cyprus

-$4.479 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156
  • -$2.595 billion (2007 est.)

Iran

$20.19 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20
  • $34.08 billion (2007 est.)

Iraq

$14.05 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25
  • $4.909 billion (2007 est.)

Israel

$2.213 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41
  • $4.185 billion (2007 est.)

Jordan

-$2.39 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141
  • -$2.767 billion (2007 est.)

Kuwait

$64.78 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7
  • $47.48 billion (2007 est.)

Lebanon

-$2.987 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148
  • -$1.395 billion (2007 est.)

Oman

$5.523 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32
  • $1.933 billion (2007 est.)

Qatar

$15.07 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23
  • $10.45 billion (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$132.6 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4
  • $96.77 billion (2007 est.)

Syria

-$791 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112
  • $402 million (2007 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

-$41.69 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183
  • -$37.7 billion (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates

$22.31 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19
  • $25.84 billion (2007 est.)

Yemen

-$1.113 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125
  • -$1.547 billion (2007 est.)

North America

3 entries

Canada

$7.61 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26
  • $14.53 billion (2007 est.)

Mexico

-$15.81 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176
  • -$8.331 billion (2007 est.)

United States

-$706.1 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190
  • -$731.2 billion (2007 est.)

Oceania

13 entries

Australia

-$44.04 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184
  • -$57.68 billion (2007 est.)

Cook Islands

$26.67 million (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Fiji

-$507 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Kiribati

-$21 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

-$34.3 million (FY05 est.)

country comparison to the world: 69

New Zealand

-$11.34 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169
  • -$10.63 billion (2007 est.)

Palau

$15.09 million (FY03/04)

country comparison to the world: 61

Papua New Guinea

$710 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50
  • $193.6 million (2007 est.)

Samoa

-$24 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Solomon Islands

-$143 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Tonga

-$23 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Tuvalu

-$11.68 million (2003)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Vanuatu

-$60 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

South America

12 entries

Argentina

$7.077 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28
  • $7.103 billion (2007 est.)

Bolivia

$2.015 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42
  • $1.984 billion (2007 est.)

Brazil

-$28.19 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180
  • $1.551 billion (2007 est.)

Chile

-$3.44 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150
  • $7.189 billion (2007 est.)

Colombia

-$6.712 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166
  • -$5.838 billion (2007 est.)

Ecuador

$1.194 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45
  • $1.65 billion (2007 est.)

Guyana

-$362 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100
  • -$165.7 million (2007 est.)

Paraguay

-$345 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99
  • $126.1 million (2007 est.)

Peru

-$4.18 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154
  • $1.22 billion (2007 est.)

Suriname

$24 million (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Uruguay

-$1.484 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132
  • -$82.7 million (2007 est.)

Venezuela

$39.21 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12
  • $20 billion (2007 est.)

Southeast Asia

13 entries

Brunei

$7.101 billion (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$1.281 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44
  • $1.285 billion (2007 est.)

Cambodia

-$1.06 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122
  • -$506.3 million (2007 est.)

Hong Kong

$30.52 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16
  • $25.53 billion (2007 est.)

Indonesia

$604 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51
  • $10.49 billion (2007 est.)

Laos

-$52 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71
  • $107.3 million (2007 est.)

Malaysia

$33.76 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15
  • $28.93 billion (2007 est.)

Philippines

$4.227 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36
  • $7.119 billion (2007 est.)

Singapore

$25.78 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17
  • $39.11 billion (2007 est.)

Taiwan

$24.89 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18
  • $32.98 billion (2007 est.)

Thailand

-$113 million (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79
  • $15.76 billion (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste

$1.161 billion (2007 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Vietnam

-$10.71 billion (2008 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168
  • -$6.993 billion (2007 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Current account balance”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/current-account-balance/2009.

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