Current account balance (% of GDP) - 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. Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.
Current account balance (% of GDP) - BOP - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Libya (2007)48.78
2Gabon (2005)22.88
3Botswana (2007)19.75
4Angola (2007)15.86
5Nigeria (2007)13.24
6Lesotho (2007)12.69
7Namibia (2007)8.57
8Mauritania (1998)6.32
9Algeria (1991)5.18
10Guinea-Bissau (2004)4.86
11Egypt (2007)0.32
12Morocco (2007)-0.16
13Ivory Coast (2007)-0.74
14Swaziland (2007)-2.27
15Tunisia (2007)-2.58
16Cameroon (2007)-2.64
17Central African Republic (1994)-2.89
18Chad (1994)-3.2
19Kenya (2007)-4.09
20Ethiopia (2007)-4.27
21Rwanda (2007)-4.3
22Zambia (2007)-4.43
23Benin (2006)-4.69
24Zimbabwe (1994)-6.17
25Sudan (2007)-7.07
26Uganda (2008)-7.49
27Malawi (2002)-7.53
28South Africa (2008)-7.58
29Gambia (2007)-8.18
30Comoros (1995)-8.18
31Mali (2007)-8.49
32Niger (2006)-8.61
33Guinea (2007)-9.98
34Mozambique (2008)-10.02
35Burkina Faso (2001)-10.34
36Sierra Leone (2007)-10.89
37Madagascar (2005)-11
38Tanzania (2007)-11.03
39Mauritius (2008)-11.26
40Senegal (2007)-11.6
41Burundi (2007)-11.8
42Cape Verde (2007)-13.63
43Somalia (1989)-14.34
44Ghana (2007)-14.35
45Togo (2006)-15.35
46Eritrea (2000)-16.52
47Djibouti (2007)-20.96
48Republic of the Congo (2007)-28.53
49Liberia (2007)-28.75
50Seychelles (2007)-28.92
51Sao Tome and Principe (2007)-46.13
52Equatorial Guinea (1996)-132.8
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