List of countries by current account balance

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Blue = countries in surplus; Red = countries in deficit

This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollar, equivalence based on The World Factbook ([1]). All data are 2005 estimates, except Iraq which is a 2004 estimate.

According to this list, 65 countries are in surplus, while 98 countries are in deficit. Thus 60% of all countries are running deficits.

Rank	Country	Current account balance (million US$)
1	Japan	165,600
2	People's Republic of China (PRC)	160,800
3	Germany	115,500
4	Saudi Arabia	90,730
5	Russia	84,140
6	Switzerland	58,240
7	Norway	49,490
8	Netherlands	39,950
9	Singapore	32,740
10	Kuwait	26,920
11	Sweden	25,620
12	Venezuela	25,360
13	Canada	24,960
14	Hong Kong	19,700
15	Algeria	18,790
16	United Arab Emirates	18,540
17	Korea, South	16,560
18	Taiwan	16,220
19	Brazil	14,190
20	Malaysia	14,060
21	Iran	13,270
22	Libya	10,730
23	Qatar	9,270
24	Denmark	7,753
25	Belgium	6,305
26	Nigeria	5,597
27	Argentina	5,448
28	Finland	5,043
29	Oman	4,796
30	Angola	4,054
31	Luxembourg	3,560
32	Trinidad and Tobago	2,880
33	Ukraine	2,531
34	Israel	2,385
35	Philippines	2,354
36	Egypt	2,207
37	Indonesia	2,016
38	Botswana	1,584
39	Bahrain	1,531
40	Austria	1,467
41	Morocco	1,255
42	Yemen	1,224
43	Syria	1,097
44	Uzbekistan	1,082
45	Peru	1,082
46	Belarus	852
47	Chile	703
48	Burma	700
49	Gabon	675
50	Namibia	509
51	Republic of the Congo	493
52	Papua New Guinea	482
53	Bolivia	462
54	Equatorial Guinea	264
55	Turkmenistan	236
56	Azerbaijan	167
57	British Virgin Islands	134
58	Cuba	49
59	Cameroon	39
60	Bangladesh	37
61	Cook Islands	26
62	Haiti	23
63	Palau	15
64	Swaziland	7
65	Tuvalu	2
66	Samoa	-2
67	Tonga	-4
68	Comoros	-17
69	Kiribati	-19
70	São Tomé and Príncipe	-20
71	Vanuatu	-28
72	Burundi	-29
73	Seychelles	-32
74	Federated States of Micronesia	-34
75	Honduras	-42
76	Anguilla	-43
77	Tajikistan	-44
78	The Gambia	-53
79	Macedonia	-81
80	Cape Verde	-82
81	Antigua and Barbuda	-83
82	Uruguay	-87
83	Lesotho	-92
84	Guyana	-112
85	Armenia	-118
86	Kyrgyzstan	-134
87	Laos	-134
88	Dominican Republic	-143
89	Cambodia	-166
90	Rwanda	-166
91	Belize	-180
92	Cote d'Ivoire	-193
93	Toga	-199
94	Malawi	-218
95	Paraguay	-255
96	Guinea	-268
97	Moldova	-285
98	Eritrea	-291
99	Vietnam	-309
100	Mauritius	-342
101	Uganda	-355
102	Tunisia	-359
103	Slovenia	-361
104	Benin	-400
105	Albania	-416
106	Zambia	-420
107	Madagascar	-438
108	Burkina Faso	-460
109	Fiji	-465
110	Kazakhstan	-485
111	Zimbabwe	-519
112	Tanzania	-558
113	Ecuador	-566
114	Malta	-598
115	Chad	-602
116	Georgia	-625
117	Mozambique	-639
118	Panama	-705
119	Sri Lanka	-776
120	El Salvador	-778
121	Ghana	-790
122	Nicaragua	-835
123	Ethiopia	-844
124	Senegal	-848
125	Costa Rica	-955
126	Cyprus	-962
127	Jamaica	-974
128	Pakistan	-1,109
129	Guatemala	-1,341
130	Estonia	-1,345
131	Kenya	-1,543
132	Jordan	-1,613
133	Lithuania	-1,771
134	Colombia	-1,931
135	Latvia	-1,959
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-2,087
137	Serbia	-2,451
138	Czech Republic	-2,496
139	Croatia	-2,541
140	Iceland	-2,607
141	Sudan	-3,013
142	Bulgaria	-3,133
143	Thailand	-3,689
144	Ireland	-3,833
145	Slovakia	-4,066
146	Lebanon	-4,239
147	Poland	-4,364
148	Mexico	-5,708
149	Hungary	-7,963
150	Romania	-8,456
151	Iraq	-9,477 ¹
152	New Zealand	-9,447
153	South Africa	-11,080
154	India	-12,950
155	Portugal	-17,100
156	Greece	-17,860
157	Turkey	-23,080
158	Italy	-26,380
159	France	-38,780
160	Australia	-42,090
161	United Kingdom	-57,610
162	Spain	-83,140
163	United States	-829,100

The World Factbook, CIA

Note 1: The Iraq current account balance is a 2004 estimate

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