Current account balance (% of GDP) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Kuwait 20.79 2020
2 Singapore 17.10 2020
3 Macao SAR, China 15.16 2020
4 Iran 11.39 2000
5 Hong Kong SAR, China 6.95 2020
6 Vietnam 5.51 2020
7 Israel 5.41 2020
8 Kyrgyz Republic 4.84 2020
9 Korea 4.63 2020
10 Brunei 4.28 2020
11 Malaysia 4.26 2020
12 Tajikistan 4.10 2020
13 Thailand 4.04 2020
14 Philippines 3.20 2020
15 Japan 2.94 2020
16 Russia 2.43 2020
17 China 1.86 2020
18 India 1.23 2020
19 Bangladesh 0.37 2020
20 Myanmar 0.10 2019
21 Pakistan 0.09 2020
22 Syrian Arab Republic -0.15 2010
23 Nepal -0.25 2020
24 Indonesia -0.42 2020
25 Azerbaijan -0.53 2020
26 Lao PDR -0.60 2020
27 Sri Lanka -1.34 2020
28 Qatar -2.50 2020
29 Saudi Arabia -3.08 2020
30 Iraq -3.72 2020
31 Armenia -3.79 2020
32 Kazakhstan -3.79 2020
33 Turkey -4.94 2020
34 Uzbekistan -5.02 2020
35 Mongolia -5.07 2020
36 Bahrain -6.44 2018
37 Yemen -7.72 2016
38 Jordan -8.48 2020
39 Cambodia -8.51 2020
40 Lebanon -9.33 2020
41 Oman -11.71 2020
42 Georgia -12.40 2020
43 Afghanistan -15.59 2020
44 Timor-Leste -16.19 2020
45 Bhutan -16.46 2020

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Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.