Ecuador - Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Ecuador was 2.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 6.07 in 2000, while its lowest value was -8.51 in 1987.

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:

Year Value
1976 -0.11
1977 -3.11
1978 -5.90
1979 -4.45
1980 -3.59
1981 -4.58
1982 -5.93
1983 -0.67
1984 -1.61
1985 0.44
1986 -3.80
1987 -8.51
1988 -5.21
1989 -5.15
1990 -2.36
1991 -4.17
1992 -0.67
1993 -4.48
1994 -3.96
1995 -4.09
1996 -0.22
1997 -1.62
1998 -7.50
1999 4.67
2000 6.07
2001 -2.25
2002 -4.27
2003 -1.19
2004 -1.31
2005 1.14
2006 3.72
2007 3.70
2008 2.86
2009 0.50
2010 -2.27
2011 -0.50
2012 -0.17
2013 -0.98
2014 -0.66
2015 -2.24
2016 1.11
2017 -0.18
2018 -1.22
2019 -0.06
2020 2.59

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.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments