7.3.20. Balance of current account (2000–)*(1/2)

(as per cent of GDP)

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Countries 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria -0.7 -0.8 2.1 1.5 2.1 2.3 3.3 3.8 4.5 2.6
Belgium .. .. .. 3.5 3.3 2.1 1.9 2.0 -1.0 1.7
Bulgaria -5.3 -5.4 -2.4 -5.3 -6.3 -11.3 -17.0 -23.9 -22.0 -8.3
Cyprus .. .. .. .. -5.1 -6.0 -8.2 -11.8 -14.7 -6.7
Czechia -4.4 -4.8 -5.1 -5.7 -3.7 -2.1 -2.5 -4.6 -1.9 -2.3
Denmark .. .. .. .. .. 4.2 3.3 1.4 2.9 3.5
Estonia -5.4 -7.1 -11.1 -12.9 -11.9 -8.7 -14.9 -14.9 -8.6 2.5
Finland 7.5 8.0 8.2 4.6 5.8 3.0 3.9 4.0 2.5 2.0
France 1.1 1.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.3 -0.1 -0.7 -0.6
Greece .. .. -6.8 -8.5 -7.7 -8.9 -11.5 -15.2 -15.1 -12.3
Netherlands .. .. .. .. 7.6 7.1 9.1 6.9 5.0 5.4
Croatia -1.6 -2.3 -6.5 -9.2 -6.2 -7.4 -7.9 -7.9 -10.7 -6.7
Ireland 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.5 -0.1 -3.5 -5.4 -6.5 -6.2 -4.7
Poland .. .. .. .. -5.5 -2.6 -4.0 -6.3 -6.7 -4.0
Latvia -3.8 -6.0 -5.4 -7.1 -11.6 -11.7 -20.7 -20.7 -12.3 7.7
Lithuania -4.7 -3.8 -4.0 -5.7 -7.8 -7.4 -10.6 -15.3 -13.2 2.1
Luxembourg 12.6 8.3 9.3 6.5 11.8 11.0 9.9 9.7 7.6 7.2
Hungary -8.9 -6.1 -6.4 -8.2 -9.1 -7.2 -7.3 -7.3 -7.1 -0.7
Malta .. .. .. .. -4.5 -8.1 -5.9 -3.0 -2.4 -8.5
Germany -1.8 -0.4 1.9 1.4 4.5 4.7 5.8 6.9 5.7 5.8
Italy -0.3 0.2 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 -0.9 -1.5 -1.4 -2.8 -1.9
Portugal -10.8 -10.4 -8.4 -6.6 -8.0 -9.6 -10.3 -9.6 -11.8 -10.3
Romania -3.8 -5.6 -3.4 -6.2 -8.5 -8.7 -10.5 -13.6 -11.4 -4.7
Spain -4.3 -4.4 -3.7 -3.9 -5.5 -7.3 -8.9 -9.4 -8.9 -4.1
Sweden 3.9 4.7 4.5 5.9 6.0 6.0 8.2 8.2 7.8 6.0
Slovakia .. .. .. .. -10.1 -10.6 -9.5 -5.9 -6.4 -3.4
Slovenia -2.8 0.0 0.9 -0.8 -2.7 -1.8 -1.8 -4.1 -5.3 -1.1
EU27_2020a -0.4 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -1.4 0.3
United Kingdom -2.3 -2.1 -2.1 -1.8 -2.3 -1.9 -2.8 -3.3 -3.9 -3.3
EU28b -1.4 -1.2 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7 -1.3 -1.4 -2.2 -0.6
Euro area–19c -1.5 -0.4 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.1 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.3
North Macedonia -1.8 -6.7 -8.9 -3.9 -7.9 -2.4 -0.4 -6.9 -12.8 -6.8
Norway 14.5 15.6 12.1 11.8 12.3 16.0 16.1 12.0 15.4 10.6
Russia 16.3 9.8 7.4 7.2 9.2 10.3 8.7 5.2 5.8 3.9
Switzerland 11.9 8.1 8.3 12.6 14.7 13.4 14.3 10.0 2.3 7.3
Serbia -1.9 2.1 -3.9 -7.2 -13.2 -8.0 -9.1 -16.0 -19.9 -5.9
Turkey -3.6 1.9 -0.3 -2.4 -3.5 -4.2 -5.7 -5.5 -5.2 -1.8
Israel -1.5 -1.5 -0.9 0.6 1.5 3.1 4.1 3.1 1.0 3.3
Japan 2.7 2.0 2.7 3.1 3.8 3.6 3.9 4.7 2.8 2.8
China 1.7 1.3 2.4 2.6 3.5 5.8 8.4 9.9 9.2 4.8
Republic of Korea 1.8 0.4 0.6 1.6 3.7 1.3 0.2 0.9 0.2 3.5
South Africa -0.1 0.3 0.9 -0.8 -2.8 -3.1 -4.5 -5.4 -5.5 -2.7
Brazil -3.8 -4.2 -1.6 0.7 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.0 -1.8 -1.6
United States -3.9 -3.7 -4.1 -4.5 -5.2 -5.7 -5.8 -4.9 -4.6 -2.6
Canada 2.6 2.2 1.7 1.2 2.3 1.9 1.4 0.8 0.1 -2.9
Mexico -2.7 -2.3 -1.7 -0.8 -0.7 -0.9 -0.4 -0.9 -1.5 -0.9
Australia -4.1 -2.3 -3.8 -5.4 -6.3 -5.9 -5.9 -6.7 -4.7 -4.7
*Source: Eurostat (Luxembourg); World Economic Outlook, April 2020 (IMF, Washington, D.C.).  aThe transactions of extra EU-27 contries are included by balance of current account.  bThe transactions of extra EU-28 contries are included by balance of current account.  cThe transactions of extra eurozone contries are included by balance of current account.  Revised data 

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