| Rank | Country | Current Account Balance (US$) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 201,700,000,000 |  |
| 2 | Germany | 188,600,000,000 | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 144,200,000,000 | |
| 4 | Japan | 120,500,000,000 | |
| 5 | Russia | 101,300,000,000 | |
| 6 | Switzerland | 85,300,000,000 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | 76,710,000,000 | |
| 8 | Kuwait | 70,850,000,000 | |
| 9 | Norway | 70,200,000,000 | |
| 10 | Singapore | 56,980,000,000 | |
| 11 | Qatar | 53,570,000,000 | |
| 12 | Iran | 42,000,000,000 | |
| 13 | Taiwan | 41,270,000,000 | |
| 14 | Sweden | 41,200,000,000 | |
| 15 | Malaysia | 30,990,000,000 | |
| 16 | Korea, South | 29,790,000,000 | |
| 17 | Venezuela | 27,140,000,000 | |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 26,320,000,000 | |
| 19 | Iraq | 21,760,000,000 | |
| 20 | Denmark | 21,640,000,000 | |
| 21 | Algeria | 21,090,000,000 | |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 17,150,000,000 | |
| 23 | Angola | 13,820,000,000 | |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 13,610,000,000 | |
| 25 | Thailand | 11,900,000,000 | |
| 26 | Nigeria | 11,820,000,000 | |
| 27 | Oman | 10,750,000,000 | |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 9,420,000,000 | |
| 29 | Austria | 8,200,000,000 | |
| 30 | Philippines | 7,078,000,000 | |
| 31 | Macau | 6,238,000,000 | |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,058,000,000 | |
| 33 | Libya | 5,056,000,000 | |
| 34 | Brunei | 3,977,000,000 | |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 3,700,000,000 | |
| 36 | Gabon | 3,520,000,000 | |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 3,360,000,000 | |
| 38 | Bahrain | 3,247,000,000 | |
| 39 | East Timor | 2,375,000,000 | |
| 40 | Indonesia | 2,069,000,000 | |
| 41 | Hungary | 1,929,000,000 | |
| 42 | Congo, Republic of the | 1,849,000,000 | |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 1,087,000,000 | |
| 44 | Bolivia | 735,400,000 | |
| 45 | Estonia | 707,600,000 | |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 502,200,000 | |
| 47 | Suriname | 389,500,000 | |
| 48 | British Virgin Islands | 362,600,000 | |
| 49 | Cuba | 328,400,000 | |
| 50 | Pakistan | 268,000,000 | |
| 51 | Israel | 191,000,000 | |
| 52 | Ireland | 177,000,000 | |
| 53 | Sudan | 123,300,000 | |
| 54 | Burma | 111,000,000 | |
| 55 | Laos | 96,000,000 | |
| 56 | Zambia | 88,000,000 | |
| 57 | Djibouti | 33,800,000 | |
| 58 | Cook Islands | 26,670,000 | |
| 59 | Argentina | 18,000,000 | |
| 60 | Tuvalu | -11,680,000 |  |
| 61 | Kiribati | -21,000,000 | |
| 62 | Belize | -31,300,000 | |
| 63 | Comoros | -49,600,000 | |
| 64 | Tonga | -54,200,000 | |
| 65 | Samoa | -58,900,000 | |
| 66 | Vanuatu | -60,000,000 | |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | -60,500,000 | |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | -77,500,000 | |
| 69 | Eritrea | -101,200,000 | |
| 70 | Anguilla | -102,400,000 | |
| 71 | Namibia | -108,200,000 | |
| 72 | Dominica | -111,300,000 | |
| 73 | Gambia, The | -118,100,000 | |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -133,800,000 | |
| 75 | Tajikistan | -136,100,000 | |
| 76 | Lithuania | -142,000,000 | |
| 77 | Grenada | -174,800,000 | |
| 78 | Bhutan | -175,000,000 | |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | -177,500,000 | |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | -207,900,000 | |
| 81 | Swaziland | -211,000,000 | |
| 82 | Seychelles | -216,300,000 | |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | -220,400,000 | |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -221,600,000 | |
| 85 | Guyana | -233,700,000 | |
| 86 | Slovenia | -234,100,000 | |
| 87 | Central African Republic | -234,400,000 | |
| 88 | Burundi | -255,400,000 | |
| 89 | Cote d'Ivoire | -263,400,000 | |
| 90 | Antigua and Barbuda | -268,300,000 | |
| 91 | Cape Verde | -290,800,000 | |
| 92 | Togo | -293,500,000 | |
| 93 | Macedonia | -300,000,000 | |
| 94 | Malta | -352,000,000 | |
| 95 | Latvia | -363,000,000 | |
| 96 | Barbados | -370,300,000 | |
| 97 | Bangladesh | -372,000,000 | |
| 98 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | -419,000,000 | |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | -424,000,000 | |
| 100 | Fiji | -428,800,000 | |
| 101 | Nepal | -437,800,000 | |
| 102 | Maldives | -463,000,000 | |
| 103 | Botswana | -476,600,000 | |
| 104 | Lesotho | -527,000,000 | |
| 105 | Paraguay | -544,600,000 | |
| 106 | Mauritania | -549,400,000 | |
| 107 | Guinea | -566,900,000 | |
| 108 | Benin | -620,600,000 | |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | -621,500,000 | |
| 110 | Slovakia | -621,800,000 | |
| 111 | Rwanda | -710,200,000 | |
| 112 | Malawi | -731,900,000 | |
| 113 | Afghanistan | -736,000,000 | |
| 114 | Liberia | -758,500,000 | |
| 115 | Moldova | -801,500,000 | |
| 116 | Uruguay | -875,900,000 | |
| 117 | Mongolia | -931,500,000 | |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | -940,600,000 | |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | -943,000,000 | |
| 120 | Iceland | -1,000,000,000 | |
| 121 | Mali | -1,016,000,000 | |
| 122 | Cambodia | -1,126,000,000 | |
| 123 | Bahamas, The | -1,146,000,000 | |
| 124 | El Salvador | -1,205,000,000 | |
| 125 | Armenia | -1,258,000,000 | |
| 126 | Mauritius | -1,339,000,000 | |
| 127 | Niger | -1,343,000,000 | |
| 128 | Cameroon | -1,361,000,000 | |
| 129 | Finland | -1,394,000,000 | |
| 130 | Mozambique | -1,422,000,000 | |
| 131 | Honduras | -1,503,000,000 | |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1,583,000,000 | |
| 133 | Albania | -1,595,000,000 | |
| 134 | Guatemala | -1,614,000,000 | |
| 135 | Ethiopia | -1,656,000,000 | |
| 136 | Senegal | -1,681,000,000 | |
| 137 | Yemen | -1,708,000,000 | |
| 138 | Ecuador | -1,818,000,000 | |
| 139 | Georgia | -1,845,000,000 | |
| 140 | Vietnam | -1,896,000,000 | |
| 141 | Montenegro | -1,927,000,000 | |
| 142 | Uganda | -1,932,000,000 | |
| 143 | Jamaica | -2,063,000,000 | |
| 144 | Haiti | -2,105,000,000 | |
| 145 | Costa Rica | -2,200,000,000 | |
| 146 | Peru | -2,267,000,000 | |
| 147 | Tanzania | -2,297,000,000 | |
| 148 | Croatia | -2,400,000,000 | |
| 149 | Nicaragua | -2,449,000,000 | |
| 150 | Madagascar | -2,476,000,000 | |
| 151 | Chad | -2,861,000,000 | |
| 152 | Jordan | -2,863,000,000 | |
| 153 | Kosovo | -2,880,000,000 | |
| 154 | Ghana | -2,895,000,000 | |
| 155 | Tunisia | -3,161,000,000 | |
| 156 | Chile | -3,231,000,000 | |
| 157 | Kenya | -3,675,000,000 | |
| 158 | Panama | -3,892,000,000 | |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | -4,000,000,000 | |
| 160 | Serbia | -4,122,000,000 | |
| 161 | Belgium | -4,200,000,000 | |
| 162 | Dominican Republic | -4,456,000,000 | |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | -4,818,000,000 | |
| 164 | Belarus | -4,900,000,000 | |
| 165 | Egypt | -5,422,000,000 | |
| 166 | Czech Republic | -6,348,000,000 | |
| 167 | New Zealand | -7,111,000,000 | |
| 168 | Syria | -7,150,000,000 | |
| 169 | Romania | -8,107,000,000 | |
| 170 | Mexico | -8,789,000,000 | |
| 171 | Morocco | -8,868,000,000 | |
| 172 | Ukraine | -9,006,000,000 | |
| 173 | Colombia | -9,980,000,000 | |
| 174 | Lebanon | -10,920,000,000 | |
| 175 | South Africa | -13,340,000,000 | |
| 176 | Portugal | -15,100,000,000 | |
| 177 | Poland | -22,130,000,000 | |
| 178 | Greece | -29,320,000,000 | |
| 179 | Australia | -40,500,000,000 | |
| 180 | India | -41,400,000,000 | |
| 181 | United Kingdom | -46,470,000,000 | |
| 182 | Canada | -48,830,000,000 | |
| 183 | Brazil | -52,590,000,000 | |
| 184 | Spain | -55,100,000,000 | |
| 185 | France | -65,600,000,000 | |
| 186 | Italy | -70,100,000,000 | |
| 187 | Turkey | -77,160,000,000 | |
| 188 | United States | -473,400,000,000 | |
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 January 1, 2012
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