Current account balance in Faroe Islands

The current account balance of Faroe Islands was 7.8% of GDP in 2011. The value for 2011 is the highest since 2002.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1998 to 2011 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Faroe Islands is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Faroe Islands, 2011 7.8% % of GDP
Change from 2010 +1.6percentage points 2010: 6.2%

Current account balance in Faroe Islands over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2011
Period Faroe Islands
2011 7.8%
2010 6.2%
2009 -1.1%
2008 -1.2%
2007 -3.4%
2006 1.1%
2005 1.8%
2004 7.5%
2003 -0.4%
2002 9.9%
2001 12.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 6.2% in 2010.
  • Since 2001, when it was 12.6%, the figure has changed by −4.8 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1998 to 2011 for Faroe Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics