Arab Region | Current account balance, percent of GDP (Arab countries,1990–2023)
Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
737
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Algeria | -4.33 |
| 2010 | Algeria | 7.54 |
| 2014 | Algeria | -4.41 |
| 2017 | Algeria | -13.33 |
| 2020 | Algeria | -12.85 |
| 2002 | Bahrain | -0.58 |
| 2023 | Bahrain | 5.16 |
| 1994 | Comoros | -7.15 |
| 1996 | Comoros | -6.17 |
| 2000 | Comoros | -0.14 |
| 2014 | Comoros | -3.78 |
| 2000 | Djibouti | 19.65 |
| 2008 | Djibouti | -33.35 |
| 2022 | Djibouti | E |
| 1990 | Egypt | -2.7 |
| 1991 | Egypt | 3.44 |
| 1994 | Egypt | 0.35 |
| 1995 | Egypt | 0.61 |
| 2001 | Egypt | -0.03 |
| 2004 | Egypt | 4.13 |
| 2014 | Egypt | -0.85 |
| 2015 | Egypt | -3.47 |
| 2017 | Egypt | -5.83 |
| 2004 | Iraq | -24.05 |
| 2010 | Iraq | 1.64 |
| 2014 | Iraq | 2.6 |
| 2018 | Iraq | 4.41 |
| 2023 | Iraq | 4.4 |
| 2000 | Jordan | 0.32 |
| 2017 | Jordan | -10.56 |
| 2023 | Jordan | E |
| 1999 | Kuwait | 16.81 |
| 2004 | Kuwait | 26.24 |
| 2010 | Kuwait | 31.81 |
| 2014 | Kuwait | 33.45 |
| 2019 | Kuwait | 12.53 |
| 1992 | Lebanon | -50.53 |
| 1995 | Lebanon | -9.76 |
| 1996 | Lebanon | -10.27 |
| 2003 | Lebanon | -18.61 |
| 2006 | Lebanon | -8.82 |
| 2011 | Lebanon | -16.41 |
| 2013 | Lebanon | -27.99 |
| 2015 | Lebanon | -19.86 |
| 1992 | Libya | 5.05 |
| 2004 | Libya | 20.65 |
| 2005 | Libya | 35.67 |
| 2015 | Libya | -18.89 |
| 2016 | Libya | -9.43 |
| 2020 | Libya | -8.47 |
| 2022 | Libya | E |
| 2023 | Libya | E |
| 1990 | Mauritania | -7.26 |
| 1995 | Mauritania | 0.35 |
| 2003 | Mauritania | -8.55 |
| 2017 | Mauritania | -9.98 |
| 2006 | Morocco | -0.34 |
| 2022 | Morocco | -4.32 |
| 2022 | Morocco | E |
| 1990 | Oman | 8.21 |
| 1998 | Oman | -19.45 |
| 2008 | Oman | 7.19 |
| 2017 | Oman | -13.42 |
| 2011 | Qatar | 31.07 |
| 2022 | Qatar | 25.98 |
| 1995 | Saudi Arabia | -3.71 |
| 2003 | Saudi Arabia | 13 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 20.07 |
| 2008 | Saudi Arabia | 25.46 |
| 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 17.97 |
| 2016 | Saudi Arabia | -3.58 |
| 2018 | Saudi Arabia | 8.5 |
| 2019 | Saudi Arabia | 4.56 |
| 2022 | Saudi Arabia | E |
| 2014 | Somalia | -6.56 |
| 2017 | Somalia | -7.79 |
| 2018 | Somalia | -6.19 |
| 2021 | Somalia | -16.76 |
| 1993 | Sudan | -26.84 |
| 1996 | Sudan | -12.96 |
| 1998 | Sudan | -13.07 |
| 2003 | Sudan | -4.39 |
| 2009 | Sudan | -8.99 |
| 2016 | Sudan | -6.49 |
| 1997 | Syria | 2.48 |
| 2004 | Syria | -3.1 |
| 2007 | Syria | -0.23 |
| 2019 | Tunisia | -7.81 |
| 1993 | United Arab Emirates | 5.7 |
| 2006 | United Arab Emirates | 17.32 |
| 2008 | United Arab Emirates | 7.06 |
| 2018 | United Arab Emirates | 9.66 |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | 8.93 |
| 2023 | United Arab Emirates | E |
| 2012 | Yemen | -1.71 |
| 2017 | Yemen | -1.38 |
| 1998 | Palestine | -26.45 |
| 2005 | Palestine | -26.63 |
| 2022 | Palestine | -12.45 |
| 2023 | Palestine | -11.77 |
Arab Region | Current account balance, percent of GDP (Arab countries,1990–2023)
Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
737
Source