Afghanistan Current Account Balance

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Current Account Balance: -$743.9 million (2011 est.)
-$736 million (2010 est.)

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of February 21, 2013

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Variable: Current account balance

Note: Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.

Units: U.S. dollars

Scale: Billions

Country-specific Note: Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2009 Notes: The data for Afghanistan is based on a solar year that runs from March 21 to March 20 BOP Manual used: BPM 5 Primary domestic currency: Afghani Data last updated: 08/2011

Source: International Monetary Fund - 2011 World Economic Outlook

YearCurrent account balancePercent Change
2002-0.15 
2003-0.756404.00 %
2004-0.246-67.46 %
2005-0.168-31.71 %
2006-0.404140.48 %
20070.082-120.30 %
2008-0.166-302.44 %
2009-0.32495.18 %
20100.422-230.25 %

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