Senegal - Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Senegal was -9.58 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was -2.28 in 1977, while its lowest value was -11.27 in 1981.

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
1974 -3.12
1975 -3.03
1976 -3.22
1977 -2.28
1978 -7.17
1979 -6.46
1980 -8.56
1981 -11.27
1982 -6.62
1983 -8.53
1984 -7.82
1985 -9.42
1986 -6.84
1987 -6.62
1988 -6.30
1989 -5.47
1990 -4.92
1991 -5.12
1992 -5.16
1993 -5.88
1994 -3.72
1995 -3.86
1996 -3.06
1997 -3.06
1998 -3.80
1999 -4.86
2000 -5.54
2001 -3.78
2002 -4.54
2003 -4.99
2004 -5.07
2005 -6.14
2006 -7.37
2007 -9.38
2008 -11.22
2009 -5.31
2010 -3.66
2011 -6.45
2012 -8.65
2013 -8.19
2014 -6.80
2015 -5.32
2016 -4.18
2017 -7.27
2018 -9.58

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