Based on a comparison of 172 countries in 2022, Guyana ranked the highest in current account balance as a share of GDP with 43.5% followed by Azerbaijan and Kuwait. On the other end of the scale was Mozambique with -45.9%, Cambodia with -31.3% and Bhutan with -24.5%.
Data for more countries are available at Current Account Balance (As % of GDP) indicator page.
Current Account Balance (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Azerbaijan | % | 4.07% | 12.8% | 9.06% | -0.533% | 15.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Congo | % | -6.03% | -0.160% | 0.413% | -0.090% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Guyana | % | -4.89% | -29.0% | -53.3% | -16.4% | -25.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Iraq | % | -4.70% | 3.01% | 0.358% | -10.8% | 7.83% | ||||||||||||||||
Ireland | % | 0.490% | 4.90% | -19.8% | -6.84% | 14.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Kuwait | % | 7.96% | 14.4% | 12.5% | 3.21% | 16.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Libya | % | 6.57% | 14.7% | 6.70% | -8.48% | 18.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Norway | % | 5.48% | 7.95% | 2.90% | 1.11% | 15.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Papua New Guinea | % | 28.5% | 24.4% | 22.0% | 20.2% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Qatar | % | 3.99% | 9.08% | 2.42% | -1.98% | 14.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | % | 1.52% | 8.81% | 4.76% | -3.24% | 5.32% | ||||||||||||||||
Singapore | % | 17.3% | 15.2% | 14.5% | 16.8% | 18.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Taiwan | % | 14.1% | 11.6% | 10.6% | 14.2% | 14.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | % | 6.08% | 6.83% | 4.27% | -6.34% | 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | % | 7.13% | 9.77% | 8.95% | 5.88% | 11.4% |