Current account balance (% of GNP) - BOP - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators

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Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Data are divided by GNP at market prices in U.S. dollars to facilitate comparison across economies. Source: World Bank country economists.
Current account balance (% of GNP) - BOP - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Libya (2007)47.64
2Gabon (2005)25.73
3Botswana (2007)20.75
4Angola (2007)18.62
5Nigeria (2007)14.14
6Lesotho (2007)10.15
7Namibia (2007)8.68
8Mauritania (1998)6.22
9Algeria (1991)5.44
10Guinea-Bissau (2004)5.07
11Egypt (2007)0.31
12Morocco (2007)-0.16
13Ivory Coast (2007)-0.77
14Swaziland (2007)-2.22
15Cameroon (2007)-2.65
16Tunisia (2007)-2.72
17Central African Republic (1994)-2.97
18Chad (1994)-3.28
19Kenya (2007)-4.07
20Ethiopia (2007)-4.27
21Rwanda (2007)-4.32
22Benin (2006)-4.69
23Zambia (2007)-5.04
24Zimbabwe (1994)-6.44
25Uganda (2008)-7.65
26Malawi (2002)-7.66
27Mali (2007)-7.81
28South Africa (2008)-7.83
29Sudan (2007)-7.84
30Comoros (1995)-8.14
31Niger (2006)-8.6
32Gambia (2007)-8.83
33Guinea (2007)-10.13
34Burkina Faso (2001)-10.37
35Mauritius (2008)-10.89
36Sierra Leone (2007)-11.12
37Madagascar (2005)-11.17
38Mozambique (2008)-11.18
39Tanzania (2007)-11.51
40Senegal (2007)-11.7
41Burundi (2007)-11.87
42Cape Verde (2007)-13.88
43Ghana (2007)-14.49
44Somalia (1989)-15.44
45Togo (2006)-15.61
46Eritrea (2000)-16.51
47Djibouti (2007)-19.19
48Seychelles (2007)-31.36
49Liberia (2007)-37.74
50Republic of the Congo (2007)-39.31
51Sao Tome and Principe (2007)-44.26
52Equatorial Guinea (1996)-168.85
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