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

(as per cent of GDP)

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Countries 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Austria 2.9 1.6 1.5 1.9 2.5 1.7 2.7 1.6 2.3 2.6
Belgium 1.6 -1.9 -0.1 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.2 -1.4 -1.2
Bulgaria -1.7 0.3 -0.9 1.3 1.2 0.1 3.2 3.5 1.4 4.0
Cyprus -10.7 -2.3 -3.9 -1.5 -4.1 -0.4 -4.2 -5.1 -4.4 -6.7
Czechia -3.6 -2.1 -1.6 -0.5 0.2 0.2 1.6 1.7 0.4 -0.4
Denmark 6.6 6.6 6.3 7.8 8.9 8.2 7.8 7.8 7.0 7.7
Estonia 1.8 1.3 -1.9 0.3 0.7 1.8 1.7 2.7 2.0 2.2
Finland 1.5 -1.4 -2.1 -1.8 -1.3 -0.9 -2.0 -0.8 -1.6 -0.8
France -0.6 -0.9 -1.0 -0.5 -1.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7
Greece -10.0 -8.6 -3.5 -1.4 -0.7 -0.8 -1.7 -1.9 -2.8 -1.4
Netherlands 7.0 8.6 10.2 9.8 8.5 6.3 8.1 10.8 10.9 10.2
Croatia -2.3 -1.8 -1.9 -1.1 0.2 3.2 2.0 3.3 1.9 2.5
Ireland -1.2 -1.6 -3.4 1.6 1.1 4.4 -4.2 0.5 10.6 -9.4
Poland -5.4 -5.2 -3.7 -1.3 -2.1 -0.6 -0.5 0.1 -1.0 0.5
Latvia 1.8 -3.2 -3.6 -2.7 -2.3 -0.9 1.4 1.0 -0.7 -0.5
Lithuania 0.2 -3.7 -1.6 1.7 3.5 -2.4 -1.1 0.5 0.3 4.3
Luxembourg 6.7 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.5
Hungary 0.3 0.6 1.6 3.5 1.2 2.3 4.6 2.3 – -0.8
Malta -6.3 -2.0 -0.4 0.1 5.8 2.8 3.8 10.5 11.1 9.7
Germany 5.7 6.2 7.1 6.6 7.2 8.6 8.5 7.8 7.4 7.1
Italy -3.3 -2.8 -0.2 1.1 1.9 1.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.0
Portugal -10.3 -6.0 -1.6 1.6 0.2 0.2 1.2 1.3 0.4 -0.1
Romania -5.1 -5.0 -4.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -1.4 -2.8 -4.4 -4.6
Spain -3.7 -2.7 0.1 2.0 1.7 2.0 3.2 2.7 1.9 2.0
Sweden 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.2 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 1.8 3.9
Slovakia -4.7 -4.9 0.9 1.9 1.1 -2.1 -2.7 -1.9 -2.6 -2.9
Slovenia -0.7 -0.8 1.3 3.3 5.1 3.8 4.8 6.3 6.1 6.6
EU27_2020a 0.6 0.6 1.7 2.5 2.5 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.8
United Kingdom -3.2 -1.8 -3.4 -4.8 -4.7 -4.9 -5.2 -3.5 -3.9 -3.8
EU28b -0.4 -0.2 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.0
Euro area–19c -0.3 -0.4 1.0 2.1 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.7
North Macedonia -2.0 -2.5 -3.2 -1.6 -0.5 -2.0 -2.9 -1.1 -0.1 -2.8
Norway 10.8 12.4 12.6 10.3 10.8 8.0 4.5 4.6 7.1 4.0d
Russia 4.1 4.8 3.3 1.5 2.8 5.0 1.9 2.1 6.8 3.8
Switzerland 14.7 7.8 10.7 11.6 8.6 11.3 9.9 6.4 8.2 12.2
Serbia -6.0 -8.1 -10.8 -5.7 -5.6 -3.5 -2.9 -5.2 -4.8 -6.9
Turkey -5.8 -8.9 -5.5 -5.9 -4.2 -3.2 -3.1 -4.8 -2.7 1.1
Israel 3.5 1.5 0.4 3.0 4.0 5.1 3.3 2.3 2.6 3.5
Japan 3.9 2.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 3.1 4.0 4.2 3.5 3.6
China 3.9 1.8 2.5 1.5 2.2 2.7 1.8 1.6 0.4 1.0
Republic of Korea 2.4 1.3 3.8 5.6 5.6 7.2 6.5 4.6 4.5 3.7
South Africa -1.5 -2.2 -5.1 -5.8 -5.1 -4.6 -2.9 -2.5 -3.5 -3.0
Brazil -3.6 -2.9 -3.4 -3.2 -4.1 -3.0 -1.3 -0.7 -2.2 -2.7d
United States -2.9 -2.9 -2.6 -2.1 -2.1 -2.2 -2.3 -2.3 -2.4 -2.3
Canada -3.6 -2.7 -3.5 -3.1 -2.3 -3.5 -3.1 -2.8 -2.5 -2.0
Mexico -0.5 -1.0 -1.6 -2.5 -1.9 -2.6 -2.3 -1.8 -1.9 -0.2
Australia -3.7 -3.1 -4.3 -3.4 -3.1 -4.6 -3.3 -2.6 -2.1 0.5
*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.  dEstimated data.  Revised data 

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