Current account balance (World Bank)
The sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income and net secondary income, as a percentage of GDP. A positive value means the country earns more from abroad than it spends.
168 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend 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.
| Period | Paraguay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.5% |
| 2024 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | -6.5% |
| 2021 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2% |
| 2017 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 4.6% |
| 2015 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8% |
| 2012 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 4.4% |
| 2006 | 1.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 168 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Macao SAR, China (33.7%) and the lowest Dominica (-37.8%).
- Half of the countries are above -1.3% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 23 countries and fell in 9.
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Source and dates
All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Macao SAR, China 33.7%
- 2 Kuwait 29.0%
- 3 Marshall Islands 21.9%
- 4 Bermuda 18.3%
- 5 Qatar 17.5%
- 6 Singapore 17.2%
- 7 Ireland 17.1%
- 8 Andorra 16.0%
- 9 United Arab Emirates 15.7%
- 10 Papua New Guinea 15.5%
- 11 Norway 15.0%
- 12 Djibouti 14.7%
- 13 Brunei 14.5%
- 14 Hong Kong SAR, China 13.1%
- 15 Denmark 11.5%
- 16 Switzerland 8.9%
- 17 Netherlands 7.7%
- 18 Nigeria 7.5%
- 19 Sweden 7.4%
- 20 Malta 7.1%
- 21 Tajikistan 6.4%
- 22 Viet Nam 6.3%
- 23 Azerbaijan 6.3%
- 24 Angola 6.1%
- 25 Germany 5.9%
- 26 Naoero 5.8%
- 27 Ecuador 5.7%
- 28 Samoa 5.6%
- 29 South Korea 5.3%
- 30 Bahrain 4.8%
- 31 Japan 4.6%
- 32 Slovenia 4.6%
- 33 Nicaragua 4.2%
- 34 Lesotho 4.1%
- 35 Cabo Verde 3.9%
- 36 Nepal 3.9%
- 37 Oman 3.6%
- 38 Lithuania 3.2%
- 39 Spain 3.2%
- 40 Laos 3.2%
- 41 Israel 3.0%
- 42 Iraq 3.0%
- 43 Jamaica 2.9%
- 44 Guatemala 2.9%
- 45 Russia 2.9%
- 46 Portugal 2.5%
- 47 Trinidad and Tobago 2.5%
- 48 Liberia 2.5%
- 49 China 2.5%
- 50 Peru 2.4%
- 51 Thailand 2.2%
- 52 Eswatini 2.1%
- 53 Venezuela 2.0%
- 54 Ghana 1.9%
- 55 Hungary 1.8%
- 56 Czechia 1.7%
- 57 Austria 1.5%
- 58 Malaysia 1.4%
- 59 Sri Lanka 1.2%
- 60 Zimbabwe 1.2%
- 61 Luxembourg 1.2%
- 62 Italy 1.1%
- 63 Argentina 0.9%
- 64 Belgium 0.7%
- 65 Panama 0.7%
- 66 Cambodia 0.5%
- 67 Poland 0.3%
- 68 Pakistan 0.1%
- 69 France -0.3%
- 70 Canada -0.5%
- 71 Bulgaria -0.5%
- 72 Haiti -0.6%
- 73 Indonesia -0.6%
- 74 Finland -0.6%
- 75 South Africa -0.6%
- 76 Bangladesh -0.7%
- 77 Uruguay -0.8%
- 78 India -0.9%
- 79 Costa Rica -0.9%
- 80 Mexico -0.9%
- 81 Türkiye -1.0%
- 82 Algeria -1.1%
- 83 Chile -1.2%
- 84 Morocco -1.2%
- 85 Bolivia -1.3%
- 86 Saudi Arabia -1.3%
- 87 Saint Lucia -1.5%
- 88 Guinea -1.6%
- 89 Tunisia -1.6%
- 90 Belize -1.6%
- 91 Estonia -1.7%
- 92 Colombia -1.7%
- 93 Kenya -1.8%
- 94 Croatia -2.1%
- 95 Belarus -2.1%
- 96 North Macedonia -2.1%
- 97 Australia -2.3%
- 98 Kazakhstan -2.3%
- 99 Albania -2.4%
- 100 Ethiopia -2.5%
- 101 El Salvador -2.8%
- 102 United Kingdom -3.0%
- 103 Dominican Republic -3.0%
- 104 Brazil -3.0%
- 105 Tanzania -3.0%
- 106 Paraguay -3.3%
- 107 Cameroon -3.3%
- 108 Iceland -3.4%
- 109 Latvia -3.5%
- 110 Democratic Republic of the Congo -3.6%
- 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina -3.6%
- 112 Burkina Faso -4.0%
- 113 Madagascar -4.0%
- 114 Philippines -4.0%
- 115 United States -4.1%
- 116 Gambia -4.1%
- 117 Solomon Islands -4.2%
- 118 Honduras -4.3%
- 119 Mali -4.3%
- 120 Zambia -4.4%
- 121 Côte d'Ivoire -4.5%
- 122 Botswana -4.5%
- 123 Serbia -4.6%
- 124 Slovakia -4.6%
- 125 New Zealand -4.6%
- 126 Sudan -4.7%
- 127 Uzbekistan -4.8%
- 128 Tonga -5.3%
- 129 Georgia -5.3%
- 130 Jordan -5.3%
- 131 Egypt -5.7%
- 132 Niger -6.1%
- 133 Armenia -6.2%
- 134 São Tomé and Príncipe -6.3%
- 135 Bahamas -6.6%
- 136 Mauritius -7.0%
- 137 Greece -7.1%
- 138 Guinea-Bissau -7.4%
- 139 Antigua and Barbuda -7.5%
- 140 Seychelles -7.5%
- 141 Fiji -7.8%
- 142 Cyprus -8.2%
- 143 Romania -8.2%
- 144 Kosovo -8.3%
- 145 Ukraine -8.3%
- 146 Uganda -8.4%
- 147 Cayman Islands -8.8%
- 148 Mauritania -9.6%
- 149 Mongolia -10.4%
- 150 Mozambique -11.0%
- 151 Rwanda -12.0%
- 152 Saint Kitts and Nevis -12.2%
- 153 Suriname -12.9%
- 154 Namibia -13.4%
- 155 Sierra Leone -14.1%
- 156 Malawi -15.1%
- 157 Burundi -15.6%
- 158 Moldova -16.5%
- 159 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -16.7%
- 160 Montenegro -17.0%
- 161 Kiribati -17.4%
- 162 West Bank and Gaza -18.1%
- 163 Maldives -18.5%
- 164 Bhutan -19.4%
- 165 Grenada -21.9%
- 166 Kyrgyzstan -22.6%
- 167 Timor-Leste -32.4%
- 168 Dominica -37.8%
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.