Current account balance (% of GDP) - Country Ranking - Africa
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 | Guinea | 17.12 | 2020 |
| 2 | Zambia | 13.43 | 2020 |
| 3 | Djibouti | 10.82 | 2020 |
| 4 | Libya | 7.92 | 2019 |
| 5 | Eswatini | 6.42 | 2020 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 6.07 | 2020 |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 4.14 | 2020 |
| 8 | Namibia | 3.02 | 2020 |
| 9 | South Africa | 2.03 | 2020 |
| 10 | Angola | 1.49 | 2020 |
| 11 | Gabon | 0.98 | 2015 |
| 12 | Togo | -0.27 | 2020 |
| 13 | Morocco | -1.42 | 2020 |
| 14 | Benin | -1.75 | 2020 |
| 15 | Tanzania | -1.80 | 2020 |
| 16 | Comoros | -1.93 | 2020 |
| 17 | Mali | -2.17 | 2020 |
| 18 | Lesotho | -2.20 | 2020 |
| 19 | Dem. Rep. Congo | -2.25 | 2020 |
| 20 | Ethiopia | -2.53 | 2020 |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | -2.70 | 2020 |
| 22 | Central African Republic | -2.90 | 1994 |
| 23 | Ghana | -3.11 | 2020 |
| 24 | Chad | -3.20 | 1994 |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | -3.22 | 2020 |
| 26 | Cameroon | -3.71 | 2020 |
| 27 | Egypt | -3.90 | 2020 |
| 28 | Nigeria | -3.93 | 2020 |
| 29 | The Gambia | -4.63 | 2020 |
| 30 | Kenya | -4.75 | 2020 |
| 31 | Madagascar | -5.50 | 2020 |
| 32 | Tunisia | -6.08 | 2020 |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | -6.78 | 2020 |
| 34 | Mauritania | -7.28 | 2020 |
| 35 | Uganda | -9.28 | 2020 |
| 36 | Senegal | -9.58 | 2018 |
| 37 | Botswana | -10.75 | 2020 |
| 38 | Malawi | -11.59 | 2020 |
| 39 | Rwanda | -11.95 | 2020 |
| 40 | Mauritius | -12.50 | 2020 |
| 41 | Algeria | -12.57 | 2020 |
| 42 | São Tomé and Principe | -12.60 | 2020 |
| 43 | Niger | -13.21 | 2020 |
| 44 | Burundi | -13.59 | 2018 |
| 45 | Eritrea | -14.82 | 2000 |
| 46 | Cabo Verde | -16.80 | 2020 |
| 47 | Liberia | -19.68 | 2019 |
| 48 | Mozambique | -25.79 | 2020 |
| 49 | Sudan | -27.39 | 2020 |
| 50 | Seychelles | -29.42 | 2020 |
| 51 | Congo | -35.18 | 2016 |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | -148.00 | 1996 |
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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.
