Australia – Current Account Balance 2015
-4.30%
−1.22% from 2014
Australia's current account balance was -4.30% in 2015, decreased +1.22% from -3.08% in 2014. This was the 73rd highest in the G20.
G20 Ranking – 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Republic of | -37.24% | -1,081.6% |
| 2nd | Mozambique | -36.69% | -13.8% |
| 3rd | Tuvalu | -33.60% | -6,901.3% |
| 4th | São Tomé and Principe | -26.42% | 25.5% |
| 5th | Bhutan | -25.06% | -6.8% |
| 6th | Afghanistan | -21.91% | -38.9% |
| 7th | Nauru | -19.68% | -175.0% |
| 8th | Libya | -19.18% | 42.2% |
| 9th | Seychelles | -17.88% | 20.1% |
| 10th | Lebanon | -17.11% | 34.8% |
| 11th | Curaçao | -16.98% | -2.7% |
| 12th | Kyrgyz Republic | -15.76% | 9.6% |
| 13th | Lao PDR | -15.72% | -8.5% |
| 14th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -15.58% | 38.2% |
| 15th | Mauritania | -15.50% | 30.6% |
| 16th | Niger | -15.35% | -27.6% |
| 17th | Suriname | -15.34% | -93.1% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | -15.09% | -2,856.8% |
| 19th | Sierra Leone | -14.78% | -140.3% |
| 20th | Algeria | -14.42% | -271.9% |
| 21st | West Bank and Gaza | -13.88% | -2.1% |
| 22nd | Oman | -13.78% | -397.7% |
| 23rd | New Caledonia | -12.81% | -4.8% |
| 24th | Burundi | -12.77% | 19.4% |
| 25th | Rwanda | -12.68% | -11.8% |
| 26th | Georgia | -11.61% | -16.9% |
| 27th | Guinea | -11.60% | -3.7% |
| 28th | Malawi | -11.55% | 10.0% |
| 29th | Montenegro | -11.05% | 11.3% |
| 30th | Tonga | -10.92% | -74.4% |
| 31st | Grenada | -10.62% | -16.9% |
| 32nd | Sudan | -10.56% | -47.4% |
| 33rd | Bahamas, The | -10.16% | 39.9% |
| 34th | Angola | -10.02% | -310.2% |
| 35th | Nicaragua | -9.87% | -23.0% |
| 36th | Jordan | -8.99% | -27.0% |
| 37th | Kosovo | -8.69% | -22.6% |
| 38th | Panama | -8.69% | 33.0% |
| 39th | Tunisia | -8.57% | 3.5% |
| 40th | Albania | -8.54% | 20.3% |
| 41st | Palau | -8.45% | 57.1% |
| 42nd | Mongolia | -8.16% | 48.4% |
| 43rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -8.11% | -1,261.1% |
| 44th | Togo | -8.01% | -11.7% |
| 45th | Zimbabwe | -7.99% | 33.2% |
| 46th | Belize | -7.97% | -25.4% |
| 47th | Saudi Arabia | -7.94% | -180.5% |
| 48th | Burkina Faso | -7.57% | -5.6% |
| 49th | Maldives | -7.31% | -129.3% |
| 50th | Yemen, Republic of | -7.13% | -107.1% |
| 51st | Cambodia | -6.61% | -0.9% |
| 52nd | Dominica | -6.57% | -5.7% |
| 53rd | Colombia | -6.37% | -22.6% |
| 54th | Kenya | -6.30% | 32.5% |
| 55th | Benin | -5.96% | 10.6% |
| 56th | Moldova | -5.94% | 1.8% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -5.87% | -441.9% |
| 58th | Tajikistan | -5.77% | -66.1% |
| 59th | Lesotho | -5.73% | 31.9% |
| 60th | Ghana | -5.71% | 15.5% |
| 61st | Tanzania | -5.52% | 44.6% |
| 62nd | Kazakhstan | -5.41% | -320.1% |
| 63rd | Senegal | -5.32% | 21.9% |
| 64th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -5.24% | -168.7% |
| 65th | Myanmar | -5.22% | -37.7% |
| 66th | Uganda | -5.09% | 23.3% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -5.04% | 31.5% |
| 68th | United Kingdom | -4.92% | 1.2% |
| 69th | Peru | -4.71% | -7.9% |
| 70th | Honduras | -4.67% | 32.7% |
| 71st | Mali | -4.48% | -13.0% |
| 72nd | South Africa | -4.31% | 10.4% |
| 73rd | Australia | -4.30% | -39.5% |
| 74th | South Sudan | -4.17% | 26.3% |
| 75th | Gambia, The | -3.90% | 43.3% |
| 76th | Marshall Islands | -3.83% | -45.9% |
| 77th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -3.69% | 17.8% |
| 78th | Cameroon | -3.64% | 5.4% |
| 79th | Zambia | -3.61% | -153.1% |
| 80th | Brazil | -3.52% | 21.8% |
| 81st | Canada | -3.51% | -51.5% |
| 82nd | Fiji | -3.47% | 39.9% |
| 83rd | Mauritius | -3.43% | 34.3% |
| 84th | Costa Rica | -3.40% | 27.8% |
| 85th | Serbia | -3.32% | 38.2% |
| 86th | Belarus | -3.24% | 51.1% |
| 87th | El Salvador | -3.22% | 40.1% |
| 88th | Nigeria | -3.13% | -2,083.4% |
| 89th | Argentina | -2.96% | -69.9% |
| 90th | Cabo Verde | -2.89% | 65.1% |
| 91st | Jamaica | -2.87% | 64.1% |
| 92nd | Solomon Islands | -2.76% | 25.7% |
| 93rd | Chile | -2.74% | 21.0% |
| 94th | Armenia | -2.66% | 65.7% |
| 95th | New Zealand | -2.62% | 15.3% |
| 96th | Mexico | -2.60% | -42.7% |
| 97th | Lithuania | -2.52% | -171.0% |
| 98th | Türkiye | -2.47% | 27.6% |
| 99th | Bahrain | -2.31% | -152.8% |
| 100th | Ecuador | -2.28% | -250.9% |
| 101st | Madagascar | -2.26% | -248.1% |
| 102nd | United States | -2.24% | -6.4% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | -2.21% | 8.1% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | -2.05% | -215.5% |
| 105th | Indonesia | -2.04% | 34.1% |
| 106th | Morocco | -1.96% | 64.7% |
| 107th | Haiti | -1.82% | 63.2% |
| 108th | Dominican Republic | -1.80% | 44.3% |
| 109th | Barbados | -1.73% | 84.9% |
| 110th | North Macedonia | -1.71% | -255.4% |
| 111th | Iraq | -1.66% | -123.9% |
| 112th | Samoa | -1.54% | 73.6% |
| 113th | Poland | -1.33% | 55.4% |
| 114th | Guatemala | -1.24% | 62.3% |
| 115th | India | -1.07% | 20.3% |
| 116th | Pakistan | -0.93% | 30.7% |
| 117th | Finland | -0.91% | 35.0% |
| 118th | Guyana | -0.91% | 90.3% |
| 119th | Viet Nam | -0.85% | -121.3% |
| 120th | Greece | -0.83% | 48.1% |
| 121st | Romania | -0.64% | -86.7% |
| 122nd | St. Lucia | -0.48% | 80.4% |
| 123rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.44% | -142.0% |
| 124th | Azerbaijan | -0.42% | -103.1% |
| 125th | France | -0.33% | 65.3% |
| 126th | Comoros | -0.26% | 93.2% |
| 127th | Uruguay | -0.26% | 91.5% |
| 128th | Cyprus | -0.24% | 94.0% |
| 129th | Paraguay | -0.21% | 73.4% |
| 130th | Latvia | -0.13% | 91.8% |
| 131st | Namibia | -0.01% | -45.9% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 0.02% | -99.2% |
| 133rd | Czechia | 0.45% | 106.0% |
| 134th | Portugal | 0.51% | 61.2% |
| 135th | Gabon | 0.98% | -84.0% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | 1.04% | -59.5% |
| 137th | Italy | 1.23% | -27.9% |
| 138th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.28% | 115.8% |
| 139th | Bangladesh | 1.32% | 202.4% |
| 140th | Belgium | 1.38% | 83.7% |
| 141st | Estonia | 1.46% | 182.3% |
| 142nd | Austria | 1.59% | -31.4% |
| 143rd | Guinea-Bissau | 1.82% | 226.9% |
| 144th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.03% | 5,467.1% |
| 145th | Spain | 2.04% | 17.3% |
| 146th | Hungary | 2.12% | 183.4% |
| 147th | Botswana | 2.23% | -79.9% |
| 148th | Philippines | 2.37% | -34.4% |
| 149th | China | 2.60% | 17.5% |
| 150th | Malta | 2.65% | -68.2% |
| 151st | Sweden | 2.72% | -21.2% |
| 152nd | Croatia | 2.82% | 615.4% |
| 153rd | Malaysia | 3.01% | -31.5% |
| 154th | Japan | 3.07% | 313.6% |
| 155th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.32% | 138.3% |
| 156th | Aruba | 3.99% | 185.7% |
| 157th | Slovenia | 4.12% | -22.7% |
| 158th | Israel | 4.58% | 32.4% |
| 159th | Netherlands | 4.85% | -43.3% |
| 160th | Russian Federation | 4.97% | 78.0% |
| 161st | Liberia | 5.30% | 126.6% |
| 162nd | French Polynesia | 5.47% | 27.3% |
| 163rd | Ukraine | 5.53% | 260.7% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | 5.62% | 14.1% |
| 165th | Ireland | 6.17% | 197.2% |
| 166th | Iceland | 6.30% | 27.4% |
| 167th | Korea | 6.83% | 28.0% |
| 168th | Thailand | 6.92% | 142.0% |
| 169th | Kuwait | 7.49% | -77.4% |
| 170th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.66% | -45.6% |
| 171st | Norway | 8.01% | -26.8% |
| 172nd | Denmark | 8.03% | -3.6% |
| 173rd | Germany | 8.10% | 12.5% |
| 174th | Qatar | 8.50% | -64.5% |
| 175th | Switzerland | 9.19% | 23.3% |
| 176th | Nepal | 10.04% | 360.1% |
| 177th | Papua New Guinea | 11.21% | -7.7% |
| 178th | Eswatini | 13.65% | 14.2% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | 14.14% | -81.5% |
| 180th | Bermuda | 14.17% | 11.2% |
| 181st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14.24% | 26.3% |
| 182nd | Brunei Darussalam | 16.68% | -45.7% |
| 183rd | Singapore | 18.69% | 4.1% |
| 184th | Macao SAR, China | 23.40% | -28.4% |
| 185th | Kiribati | 29.36% | 4.9% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 29.46% | 23.3% |
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