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External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Rank	Country	Value
External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) - Shares of GDP & other - National accounts - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Equatorial Guinea	46.13
2	Azerbaijan	44.68
3	Macau	40.95
4	Kuwait	40.80
5	Libya	39.92
6	Gabon	34.56
7	Saudi Arabia	31.36
8	Trinidad and Tobago	31.14
9	Turkmenistan	29.78
10	Luxembourg	28.54
11	Republic of the Congo	27.29
12	Angola	24.87
13	Algeria	23.99
14	Bahrain	22.54
15	Kazakhstan	20.29
16	Norway	19.35
17	Singapore	19.07
18	Nigeria	16.88
19	High income: nonOECD	12.67
20	Papua New Guinea	12.38
21	Hong Kong	10.84
22	Uzbekistan	10.36
23	Venezuela	10.12
24	Russia	8.85
25	China	8.06
26	Netherlands	8.05
27	Ivory Coast	7.71
28	Sweden	7.43
29	Botswana	7.35
30	Bolivia	6.95
31	Germany	6.20
32	East Asia & Pacific	5.91
33	Austria	5.27
34	Bhutan	4.81
35	Czech Republic	4.55
36	Chad	4.50
37	Chile	4.10
38	Finland	3.88
39	Argentina	3.82
40	Thailand	2.77
41	Zambia	2.50
42	Denmark	2.16
43	Lower middle income	1.71
44	Euro area	1.23
45	Hungary	1.23
46	Indonesia	1.14
47	Middle income	1.12
48	Panama	0.89
49	Sudan	0.73
50	Low & middle income	0.64
51	Upper middle income	0.63
52	Peru	0.60
53	Cameroon	0.39
54	Brazil	0.17
55	Ecuador	0.05
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
57	Latin America & Caribbean	-0.12
58	Syria	-0.23
59	Belgium	-0.50
60	Italy	-0.50
61	Europe & Central Asia	-0.66
62	South Korea	-1.24
63	North Korea	-1.24
64	Israel	-1.56
65	Philippines	-1.84
66	Australia	-1.90
67	Mexico	-2.19
68	Slovakia	-2.25
69	France	-2.47
70	Sub-Saharan Africa	-2.61
71	Iceland	-2.90
72	Malawi	-2.97
73	United Kingdom	-3.05
74	South Africa	-3.10
75	Colombia	-3.53
76	Poland	-3.70
77	Uruguay	-3.99
78	Barbados	-4.15
79	Estonia	-4.17
80	Tunisia	-4.29
81	Turkey	-4.43
82	Guinea	-5.28
83	India	-5.35
84	Egypt	-5.61
85	Paraguay	-5.78
86	Spain	-5.81
87	Ukraine	-6.09
88	South Asia	-6.78
89	Belarus	-7.38
90	Belize	-7.96
91	Croatia	-8.37
92	Bangladesh	-8.41
93	Greece	-8.82
94	Costa Rica	-9.33
95	Portugal	-9.55
96	Romania	-10.46
97	Pakistan	-11
98	Least developed countries: UN classification	-11.15
99	Cyprus	-11.38
100	Lithuania	-11.38
101	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	-11.46
102	Laos	-11.65
103	Swaziland	-12.06
104	Mozambique	-12.36
105	Central African Republic	-12.56
106	Sierra Leone	-13.05
107	Latvia	-13.10
108	Low income	-13.16
109	Dominican Republic	-13.25
110	Sri Lanka	-13.42
111	Vanuatu	-13.46
112	Morocco	-13.55
113	Benin	-13.61
114	Kenya	-14.06
115	Mongolia	-14.35
116	Mauritius	-14.67
117	Guatemala	-14.86
118	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-15.25
119	Rwanda	-16.30
120	Vietnam	-16.54
121	Uganda	-17.71
122	Gambia	-18.89
123	Namibia	-19.46
124	Ethiopia	-19.65
125	Guinea-Bissau	-19.99
126	Nepal	-20.58
127	Seychelles	-21.60
128	Samoa	-21.83
129	El Salvador	-22.12
130	Senegal	-22.49
131	Bulgaria	-22.78
132	Serbia	-22.78
133	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-23.56
134	Comoros	-24.18
135	St. Lucia	-24.25
136	Antigua and Barbuda	-24.54
137	Armenia	-25.06
138	Madagascar	-25.34
139	Haiti	-25.73
140	Macedonia	-26.01
141	Maldives	-26.57
142	Albania	-28.22
143	Dominica	-29.31
144	Lebanon	-29.50
145	Georgia	-29.54
146	St. Kitts and Nevis	-30.47
147	Jordan	-32.40
148	Ghana	-33.01
149	Honduras	-33.02
150	Guyana	-34.14
151	Montenegro	-34.39
152	Afghanistan	-35.51
153	Kyrgyzstan	-37.07
154	Cape Verde	-37.72
155	Grenada	-41.38
156	Tajikistan	-41.63
157	Kosovo	-42.70
158	Moldova	-50.79
159	Tonga	-56.53
160	Lesotho	-63.44
161	Liberia	-141.51

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