Current account balance (% of GDP) - Country Ranking - South America
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 | Suriname | 9.06 | 2020 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 2.59 | 2020 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 2.51 | 2020 |
| 4 | Chile | 1.33 | 2020 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 1.02 | 2014 |
| 6 | Argentina | 0.85 | 2020 |
| 7 | Peru | 0.78 | 2020 |
| 8 | Bolivia | -0.52 | 2020 |
| 9 | Uruguay | -0.59 | 2020 |
| 10 | Brazil | -1.70 | 2020 |
| 11 | Colombia | -3.39 | 2020 |
| 12 | Guyana | -8.19 | 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.