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
| 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.