Barbados – Current Account Balance 2006

Current account balance as a share of GDP. Summarizes net trade in goods, services, income, and transfers with the rest of the world. · World Bank
-10.49% +2.49% from 2005 Global rank: 28th

Barbados's current account balance was -10.49% in 2006, increased +2.49% from -12.98% in 2005. This was the 28th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 2006
Current Account Balance by Country – 2006
RankCountryValueYoY
1st São Tomé and Principe -40.38% -52.2%
2nd Grenada -35.36% 2.3%
3rd St. Lucia -29.33% -89.1%
4th Palau -25.20% -21.6%
5th West Bank and Gaza -23.06% 13.4%
6th Iceland -22.66% -45.8%
7th Latvia -22.12% -81.7%
8th Antigua and Barbuda -19.84% -98.4%
9th Maldives -19.17% 18.3%
10th Bulgaria -17.05% -52.2%
11th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -16.46% -17.3%
12th Fiji -16.45% -138.5%
13th Liberia -15.44% 20.2%
14th Georgia -15.38% -41.7%
15th Samoa -15.34% -53.9%
16th Estonia -14.97% -73.4%
17th Sudan -14.35% -104.2%
18th Bahamas, The -13.81% -93.8%
19th Tajikistan -13.16% -2.7%
20th Nicaragua -13.08% -5.5%
21st Seychelles -12.37% 30.5%
22nd Jordan -11.46% 36.5%
23rd Moldova -11.34% -50.0%
24th St. Kitts and Nevis -11.06% -52.9%
25th Greece -10.99% -46.2%
26th Lithuania -10.68% -45.6%
27th Romania -10.67% -23.0%
28th Barbados -10.49% 19.2%
29th Burundi -10.49% -1,956.0%
30th Portugal -10.23% -6.6%
31st Kyrgyz Republic -10.10% -563.4%
32nd Jamaica -9.91% -4.1%
33rd Madagascar -9.16% 26.9%
34th Spain -8.79% -21.9%
35th Kiribati -8.61% -517.8%
36th Mauritius -8.47% -71.9%
37th Burkina Faso -8.31% 19.5%
38th Tonga -8.11% 12.7%
39th Mozambique -7.94% 7.4%
40th Croatia -7.88% -4.6%
41st Malta -7.86% -20.3%
42nd Bosnia and Herzegovina -7.76% 52.8%
43rd Slovak Republic -7.71% 5.9%
44th Guyana -7.59% 35.0%
45th Cabo Verde -7.47% -78.6%
46th Senegal -7.37% -20.0%
47th Albania -7.33% -5.9%
48th Hungary -7.29% 26.3%
49th New Zealand -7.07% -1.0%
50th Dominica -6.99% 56.6%
51st Vanuatu -6.86% 20.4%
52nd Solomon Islands -6.83% 58.1%
53rd Niger -6.60% 7.1%
54th Cyprus -6.37% -20.9%
55th Guinea-Bissau -6.31% -285.3%
56th Gambia, The -6.22% -47.4%
57th Australia -6.17% 0.7%
58th Eswatini -6.12% -84.6%
59th New Caledonia -5.93% -228.9%
60th Tanzania -5.92% 0.3%
61st United States -5.91% -2.9%
62nd Türkiye -5.57% -34.9%
63rd Togo -5.31% 16.1%
64th Sri Lanka -5.30% -98.9%
65th Malawi -5.27% 44.7%
66th Guinea -5.25% -40.1%
67th Guatemala -5.12% -10.6%
68th Lebanon -5.07% 60.3%
69th Ghana -5.06% 50.8%
70th El Salvador -4.78% -13.1%
71st Poland -4.65% -40.7%
72nd Marshall Islands -4.32% -134.5%
73rd Pakistan -4.17% -67.8%
74th Costa Rica -4.13% 3.7%
75th Bhutan -4.02%
76th South Africa -4.00% -44.2%
77th Belarus -3.75% -347.4%
78th Honduras -3.50% -12.4%
79th Dominican Republic -3.40% -157.1%
80th Ireland -3.39% -0.4%
81st Comoros -3.27% 20.1%
82nd Uganda -3.19% -698.6%
83rd United Kingdom -3.11% -57.4%
84th Benin -3.09% 10.3%
85th Sierra Leone -2.91% 29.4%
86th Cambodia -2.80% 35.5%
87th Mali -2.66% 54.8%
88th Czechia -2.56% -25.0%
89th Panama -2.48% 61.3%
90th Armenia -2.40% 5.3%
91st Djibouti -2.15% -175.8%
92nd Uruguay -1.99% -915.2%
93rd Kenya -1.98% -46.8%
94th Colombia -1.85% -38.2%
95th Tunisia -1.80% -94.3%
96th Slovenia -1.77% 6.5%
97th Belize -1.60% 84.4%
98th Ukraine -1.45% -151.0%
99th Italy -1.45% -61.3%
100th Haiti -1.11% -1,210.3%
101st Kazakhstan -1.02% -261.9%
102nd India -0.99% 21.1%
103rd North Macedonia -0.42% 83.7%
104th Mexico -0.32% 49.2%
105th Viet Nam -0.25% 74.6%
106th France 0.02% 440.9%
107th Korea 0.19% -84.8%
108th Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.31% 110.0%
109th Cameroon 0.93% 136.4%
110th Brazil 0.97% -25.7%
111th Thailand 1.04% 125.9%
112th Faroe Islands 1.05% -40.6%
113th Yemen, Republic of 1.08% -71.1%
114th Paraguay 1.24% 297.9%
115th Canada 1.36% -27.1%
116th Congo, Republic of 1.54% -85.3%
117th Nepal 1.66% -11.9%
118th Bangladesh 1.67% 766.2%
119th Belgium 1.85% -7.3%
120th Morocco 1.86% 23.1%
121st Côte d'Ivoire 1.90% 1,048.4%
122nd Lao PDR 2.18% 134.3%
123rd Egypt, Arab Republic of 2.45% 4.6%
124th French Polynesia 2.72% 1,675.7%
125th Syrian Arab Republic 2.73% 163.0%
126th Argentina 2.79% 5.3%
127th Indonesia 2.98% 2,968.0%
128th Peru 3.24% 114.8%
129th Israel 3.28% 48.0%
130th Austria 3.29% 65.8%
131st Denmark 3.34% -19.6%
132nd Japan 3.80% 7.8%
133rd Ecuador 3.81% 223.6%
134th Finland 3.94% 3.8%
135th Iraq 4.12% 161.8%
136th Zambia 4.64% 266.8%
137th Papua New Guinea 5.28% -60.5%
138th Philippines 5.45% 194.4%
139th Myanmar 5.47% 12.8%
140th Chile 5.50% 187.6%
141st Germany 5.84% 25.7%
142nd Luxembourg 6.65% -4.0%
143rd Netherlands 7.75% 28.4%
144th Sweden 8.16% 35.5%
145th China 8.31% 45.4%
146th Suriname 8.40% 202.7%
147th Russian Federation 9.33% -15.6%
148th Uzbekistan 9.98% 24.5%
149th Mongolia 10.90% 214.3%
150th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.50% 76.5%
151st Bahrain 11.82% 28.0%
152nd Lesotho 12.00% 111.0%
153rd Aruba 12.57% 182.7%
154th Hong Kong SAR, China 12.69% 6.8%
155th Switzerland 12.77% 12.0%
156th Oman 13.30% -8.8%
157th Namibia 13.53% 197.7%
158th Macao SAR, China 14.89% -37.0%
159th Nigeria 15.31% -26.4%
160th Malaysia 16.10% 15.7%
161st Norway 16.12% 0.0%
162nd Azerbaijan 17.67% 1,298.9%
163rd Angola 18.23% 46.8%
164th Botswana 19.66% 22.1%
165th Bermuda 20.38%
166th Algeria 23.50% 18.8%
167th Singapore 26.89% 15.6%
168th Tuvalu 27.18% 245.6%
169th Saudi Arabia 27.44% 1.4%
170th Libya 36.89% 16.8%
171st Trinidad and Tobago 38.79% 59.7%
172nd Brunei Darussalam 41.36% 8.2%
173rd Kuwait 44.62% 19.9%
174th Timor-Leste 119.21%