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Field Listing :: Current account balance

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This entry records a country's net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings from rents, interest, profits, and dividends, and net transfer payments (such as pension funds and worker remittances) to and from the rest of the world during the period specified. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Current account balance


Afghanistan	-$2.475 billion (2009 est.) $85 million (2008 est.)


Albania	-$1.845 billion (2009 est.) -$2.048 billion (2008 est.)


Algeria	-$4.262 billion (2009 est.) $34.45 billion (2008 est.)


Angola	-$1.429 billion (2009 est.) $6.408 billion (2008 est.)


Anguilla	-$42.87 million (2003 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	-$211 million (2007 est.)


Argentina	$11.29 billion (2009 est.) $7.089 billion (2008 est.)


Armenia	-$1.321 billion (2009 est.) -$1.355 billion (2008 est.)


Australia	-$29.89 billion (2009 est.) -$46.81 billion (2008 est.)


Austria	$8.73 billion (2009 est.) $13.44 billion (2008)


Azerbaijan	$10.17 billion (2009 est.) $16.45 billion (2008 est.)


Bahamas, The	-$283.2 million (2009 est.) -$1.442 billion (2007 est.)


Bahrain	$1.362 billion (2009 est.) $2.257 billion (2008 est.)


Bangladesh	$2.808 billion (2009 est.) $1.032 billion (2008 est.)


Barbados	-$254 million (2007 est.)


Belarus	-$6.405 billion (2009 est.) -$5.209 billion (2008 est.)


Belgium	$4.398 billion (2009 est.) -$12.88 billion (2008 est.)


Belize	-$39 million (2009 est.) -$144.4 million (2008 est.)


Benin	-$552 million (2009 est.) -$734 million (2008 est.)


Bhutan	$164 million (2008 est.) $116 million (2007 est.)


Bolivia	$780 million (2009 est.) $2.015 billion (2008 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	-$1.279 billion (2009 est.) -$2.764 billion (2008 est.)


Botswana	-$758 million (2009 est.) $502.2 million (2008 est.)


Brazil	-$24.3 billion (2009 est.) -$28.19 billion (2008 est.)


British Virgin Islands	$134.3 million (1999)


Brunei	$7.024 billion (2008 est.) $7.101 billion (2007 est.)


Bulgaria	-$4.06 billion (2009 est.) -$12.64 billion (2008 est.)


Burkina Faso	-$692 million (2009 est.) -$763 million (2008 est.)


Burma	$739 million (2009 est.) $1.26 billion (2008 est.)


Burundi	-$159 million (2009 est.) -$143 million (2008 est.)


Cambodia	-$1.14 billion (2009 est.) -$1.051 billion (2008 est.)


Cameroon	-$1.18 billion (2009 est.) -$509.9 million (2008 est.)


Canada	-$36.13 billion (2009 est.) $7.61 billion (2008 est.)


Cape Verde	-$340 million (2009 est.) -$205.5 million (2008 est.)


Central African Republic	-$77 million (2007 est.)


Chad	-$1.638 billion (2009 est.) -$1.019 billion (2008 est.)


Chile	$4.217 billion (2009 est.) -$2.513 billion (2008 est.)


China	$297.1 billion (2009 est.) $426.1 billion (2008 est.)


Colombia	-$5.146 billion (2009 est.) -$6.882 billion (2008 est.)


Comoros	$8 million (2007 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	-$402 million (2007 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	-$405 million (2009 est.) -$463 million (2008 est.)


Cook Islands	$26.67 million (2005)


Costa Rica	-$614 million (2009 est.) -$2.729 billion (2008 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	-$113 million (2009 est.) $488 million (2008 est.)


Croatia	-$6.073 billion (2009 est.) -$6.245 billion (2008 est.)


Cuba	$513 million (2009 est.) -$2.594 billion (2008 est.)


Cyprus	-$2.018 billion (2009 est.) -$4.349 billion (2008 est.)


Czech Republic	-$2.146 billion (2009 est.) -$6.642 billion (2008 est.)


Denmark	$9.103 billion (2009 est.) $7.55 billion (2008 est.)


Djibouti	-$352 million (2007 est.)


Dominica	-$72 million (2007 est.)


Dominican Republic	-$2.327 billion (2009 est.) -$4.529 billion (2008 est.)


Ecuador	-$337.4 million (2009 est.) $1.12 billion (2008 est.)


Egypt	-$4.172 billion (2009 est.) -$1.331 billion (2008 est.)


El Salvador	-$390 million (2009 est.) -$1.596 billion (2008 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	-$904 million (2009 est.) $1.198 billion (2008 est.)


Eritrea	-$246 million (2009 est.) -$168 million (2008 est.)


Estonia	$898.7 million (2009 est.) -$2.245 billion (2008 est.)


Ethiopia	-$2.243 billion (2009 est.) -$1.806 billion (2008 est.)


European Union	$NA (2009) $51.4 billion (2008 est.)


Fiji	-$507 million (2007 est.)


Finland	$2.916 billion (2009 est.) $7.955 billion (2008 est.)


France	-$56.13 billion (2009 est.) -$64.23 billion (2008 est.)


Gabon	$321 million (2009 est.) $2.501 billion (2008 est.)


Gambia, The	-$114 million (2009 est.) -$118 million (2008 est.)


Georgia	-$1.549 billion (2009 est.) -$2.915 billion (2008 est.)


Germany	$135.1 billion (2009 est.) $243.9 billion (2008 est.)


Ghana	-$1.441 billion (2009 est.) -$3.543 billion (2008 est.)


Greece	-$34.43 billion (2009 est.) -$45.16 billion (2008 est.)


Grenada	-$138 million (2007 est.)


Guatemala	-$620 million (2009 est.) -$1.844 billion (2008 est.)


Guinea	-$461 million (2009 est.) -$464 million (2008 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	-$6 million (2007 est.)


Guyana	-$153 million (2009 est.) -$191.6 million (2008 est.)


Haiti	-$480 million (2009 est.) -$739.8 million (2008 est.)


Honduras	-$1.327 billion (2009 est.) -$1.96 billion (2008 est.)


Hong Kong	$18.4 billion (2009 est.) $29.3 billion (2008)


Hungary	$1.507 billion (2009 est.) -$10.94 billion (2008 est.)


Iceland	-$409 million (2009 est.) -$3.572 billion (2008 est.)


India	-$31.54 billion (2009 est.) -$30.96 billion (2008 est.)


Indonesia	$10.58 billion (2009 est.) $125 million (2008 est.)


Iran	$2.653 billion (2009 est.) $23.99 billion (2008 est.)


Iraq	-$19.9 billion (2009 est.) $12.2 billion (2008 est.)


Ireland	-$6.707 billion (2009 est.) -$13.88 billion (2008 est.)


Israel	$7.22 billion (2009 est.) $1.442 billion (2008)


Italy	-$66.57 billion (2009 est.) -$78.14 billion (2008 est.)


Jamaica	-$776 million (2009 est.) -$3.038 billion (2008 est.)


Japan	$140.6 billion (2009 est.) $156.6 billion (2008 est.)


Jordan	-$1.277 billion (2009 est.) -$2.354 billion (2008 est.)


Kazakhstan	-$3.503 billion (2009 est.) $6.596 billion (2008 est.)


Kenya	-$1.577 billion (2009 est.) -$1.978 billion (2008 est.)


Kiribati	-$21 million (2007 est.)


Korea, South	$42.67 billion (2009 est.) -$5.778 billion (2008 est.)


Kosovo	-$2.938 billion (2009 est.) -$8.72 billion (2008 est.)


Kuwait	$32.01 billion (2009 est.) $64.78 billion (2008 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	-$18 million (2009 est.) -$680.3 million (2008 est.)


Laos	-$356 million (2009 est.) -$602 million (2008 est.)


Latvia	$2.53 billion (2009 est.) -$4.493 billion (2008 est.)


Lebanon	-$3.682 billion (2009 est.) -$3.399 billion (2008 est.)


Lesotho	$168 million (2009 est.) $244.2 million (2008 est.)


Liberia	-$224 million (2007)


Libya	$8.257 billion (2009 est.) $35.7 billion (2008 est.)


Lithuania	$1.422 billion (2009 est.) -$5.627 billion (2008 est.)


Luxembourg	$9.351 billion (2009 est.) $3.176 billion (2008 est.)


Macau	$NA


Macedonia	-$646 million (2009 est.) -$1.21 billion (2008 est.)


Madagascar	-$748 million (2009 est.) -$1.051 billion (2008 est.)


Malawi	-$279 million (2009 est.) -$221 million (2008 est.)


Malaysia	$30.46 billion (2009 est.) $38.91 billion (2008 est.)


Maldives	-$370 million (2009 est.) -$638 million (2008 est.)


Mali	-$446 million (2007 est.)


Malta	-$570 million (2009 est.) -$52.5 million (2008)


Mauritania	-$184 million (2007 est.)


Mauritius	-$670.9 million (2009 est.) -$974.2 million (2008 est.)


Mexico	-$10.12 billion (2009 est.) -$15.89 billion (2008)


Micronesia, Federated States of	-$34.3 million (FY05 est.)


Moldova	-$439.3 million (2009 est.) -$987.4 million (2008 est.)


Mongolia	-$228.7 million (2009 est.) -$710 million (2008 est.)


Montenegro	-$1.102 billion (2007 est.)


Morocco	-$3.427 billion (2009 est.) -$5.659 billion (2008 est.)


Mozambique	-$926 million (2009 est.) -$975.3 million (2008 est.)


Namibia	$240.6 million (2009 est.) $178.2 million (2008 est.)


Nepal	$537 million (2009) $241 million (2008)


Netherlands	$42.72 billion (2009 est.) $41.93 billion (2008 est.)


New Zealand	-$3.351 billion (2009 est.) -$11.24 billion (2008 est.)


Nicaragua	-$802 million (2009 est.) -$1.513 billion (2008 est.)


Niger	-$321 million (2007 est.)


Nigeria	$10.01 billion (2009 est.) $39.36 billion (2008 est.)


Norway	$55.32 billion (2009 est.) $88.34 billion (2008 est.)


Oman	-$1.108 billion (2009 est.) $5.469 billion (2008 est.)


Pakistan	-$2.895 billion (2009 est.) -$15.66 billion (2008 est.)


Palau	$15.09 million (FY03/04)


Panama	-$2.33 billion (2009 est.) -$2.677 billion (2008 est.)


Papua New Guinea	-$458.7 million (2009 est.) $768.1 million (2008 est.)


Paraguay	-$122 million (2009 est.) -$501 million (2008)


Peru	$247 million (2009 est.) -$4.18 billion (2008 est.)


Philippines	$8.552 billion (2009 est.) $3.633 billion (2008)


Poland	-$7.172 billion (2009 est.) -$26.85 billion (2008 est.)


Portugal	-$23.38 billion (2009 est.) -$29.3 billion (2008 est.)


Qatar	$4.619 billion (2009 est.) $14.23 billion (2008 est.)


Romania	-$7.025 billion (2009 est.) -$24.81 billion (2008 est.)


Russia	$48.97 billion (2009 est.) $103.7 billion (2008)


Rwanda	-$387 million (2009 est.) -$252 million (2008 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	-$163 million (2007 est.)


Saint Lucia	-$199 million (2007 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-$149 million (2007 est.)


Samoa	-$24 million (2007 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	-$58 million (2009 est.) -$53 million (2008 est.)


Saudi Arabia	$26.5 billion (2009 est.) $133.5 billion (2008 est.)


Senegal	-$1.356 billion (2009 est.) -$1.873 billion (2008 est.)


Serbia	-$1.356 billion (2009 est.) -$1.873 billion (2008 est.)


Seychelles	-$170 million (2009 est.) -$395.8 million (2008 est.)


Sierra Leone	-$63 million (2007 est.)


Singapore	$25.35 billion (2009 est.) $27.18 billion (2008)


Slovakia	-$2.906 billion (2009 est.) -$6.195 billion (2008 est.)


Slovenia	-$117 million (2009 est.) -$3.267 billion (2008 est.)


Solomon Islands	-$143 million (2007 est.)


South Africa	-$11.53 billion (2009 est.) -$20.08 billion (2008 est.)


Spain	-$74.47 billion (2009 est.) -$154.1 billion (2008 est.)


Sri Lanka	-$1.69 billion (2009 est.) -$3.876 billion (2008 est.)


Sudan	-$2.383 billion (2009 est.) -$1.314 billion (2008 est.)


Suriname	$24 million (2007 est.)


Swaziland	-$180 million (2009 est.) -$152.7 million (2008 est.)


Sweden	$29.5 billion (2009 est.) $40.32 billion (2008 est.)


Switzerland	$35.91 billion (2009 est.) $5.094 billion (2008 est.)


Syria	-$326 million (2009 est.) $66 million (2008 est.)


Taiwan	$42.57 billion (2009 est.) $25.12 billion (2008)


Tajikistan	-$192 million (2009 est.) $47.6 million (2008 est.)


Tanzania	-$1.68 billion (2009 est.) -$2.307 billion (2008 est.)


Thailand	$18.01 billion (2009 est.) -$113 million (2008 est.)


Timor-Leste	$1.161 billion (2007 est.)


Togo	-$142 million (2009 est.) -$295 million (2008 est.)


Tonga	-$23 million (2007 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	$1.76 billion (2009 est.) $8.294 billion (2008 est.)


Tunisia	-$2.117 billion (2009 est.) -$1.711 billion (2008 est.)


Turkey	-$13.96 billion (2009 est.) -$41.29 billion (2008 est.)


Turkmenistan	$1.065 billion (2009 est.) $5.145 billion (2008 est.)


Tuvalu	-$11.68 million (2003)


Uganda	-$10 million (2009 est.) -$845.5 million (2008 est.)


Ukraine	-$1.801 billion (2009 est.) -$12.76 billion (2008)


United Arab Emirates	-$4.048 billion (2009 est.) $22.31 billion (2008 est.)


United Kingdom	-$32.68 billion (2009 est.) -$39.9 billion (2008 est.)


United States	-$419.9 billion (2009 est.) -$706.1 billion (2008 est.)


Uruguay	$184 million (2009 est.) -$1.51 billion (2008 est.)


Uzbekistan	$3.596 billion (2009 est.) $4.087 billion (2008 est.)


Vanuatu	-$60 million (2007 est.)


Venezuela	$8.561 billion (2009 est.) $37.39 billion (2008 est.)


Vietnam	-$5.895 billion (2009 est.) -$10.71 billion (2008 est.)


Yemen	-$2.332 billion (2009 est.) -$1.251 billion (2008 est.)


Zambia	-$102 million (2009 est.) -$618.9 million (2008 est.)


Zimbabwe	-$807.5 million (2009 est.) -$584.3 million (2008 est.)

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