Benin – Current Account Balance 2010

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
-5.57% +1.12% from 2009 G20 rank: 68th

Benin's current account balance was -5.57% in 2010, increased +1.12% from -6.69% in 2009. This was the 68th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2010
Current Account Balance by Country – 2010
RankCountryValueYoY
1st São Tomé and Principe -46.09% -17.4%
2nd Tuvalu -43.65% 27.5%
3rd Liberia -42.71% -172.4%
4th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -26.33% -2.5%
5th Tonga -23.83% 20.7%
6th Seychelles -21.84% 1.9%
7th Montenegro -20.60% 25.9%
8th Lebanon -19.64% -3.2%
9th Grenada -19.45% -14.9%
10th Bhutan -18.91% -281.7%
11th Aruba -18.75% -379.0%
12th Dominica -16.93% 13.9%
13th Solomon Islands -16.05% -117.0%
14th St. Kitts and Nevis -15.33% 27.4%
15th Burundi -14.81% -63.2%
16th Mozambique -14.72% -47.2%
17th New Caledonia -14.52% -53.5%
18th Niger -14.48% 19.7%
19th Belarus -14.47% -20.0%
20th Zimbabwe -13.74% -81.9%
21st Sierra Leone -13.73% -66.0%
22nd Armenia -13.62% 17.4%
23rd West Bank and Gaza -13.50% 4.5%
24th Kosovo -12.68% -21.7%
25th St. Lucia -12.67% -49.6%
26th Mongolia -12.32% -65.2%
27th Cabo Verde -12.21% 7.7%
28th Albania -11.22% 25.3%
29th Lesotho -11.00% -273.5%
30th Antigua and Barbuda -10.87% 16.7%
31st Cyprus -10.76% -61.3%
32nd Panama -10.33% -1,251.6%
33rd Tajikistan -10.30% 28.5%
34th Portugal -10.26% 0.6%
35th Greece -10.21% 7.2%
36th Palau -9.93% -207.0%
37th Mauritius -9.91% -40.2%
38th Kyrgyz Republic -9.90% -129.4%
39th Georgia -9.65% 9.0%
40th Malawi -9.57% -58.6%
41st Mali -9.37% -73.2%
42nd Samoa -9.05% -407.2%
43rd Congo, Democratic Republic of -9.00% -49.0%
44th Madagascar -8.95% 50.8%
45th Eswatini -8.90% 24.2%
46th Marshall Islands -8.90% 49.0%
47th Nicaragua -8.87% -5.0%
48th Ghana -8.53% -17.2%
49th Micronesia, Federated States of -8.45% 39.3%
50th Bahamas, The -8.06% 0.5%
51st Maldives -7.58% 19.5%
52nd Guinea-Bissau -7.53% -40.8%
53rd Dominican Republic -7.48% -56.6%
54th Guyana -7.18% 1.5%
55th Cambodia -7.10% -19.8%
56th Jamaica -7.06% 24.1%
57th Jordan -6.94% -36.9%
58th Tanzania -6.91% -12.2%
59th Moldova -6.90% 22.6%
60th Rwanda -6.52%
61st Vanuatu -6.29% -462.5%
62nd Serbia -6.18% -3.7%
63rd Uganda -6.04% -44.7%
64th Bosnia and Herzegovina -6.00% 6.9%
65th Iceland -5.90% 33.5%
66th Botswana -5.89% 8.1%
67th Türkiye -5.70% -228.3%
68th Benin -5.57% 16.8%
69th Kenya -5.22% -30.8%
70th Poland -5.17% -31.0%
71st Honduras -5.08% -33.0%
72nd Romania -4.99% -5.4%
73rd Barbados -4.80% 43.7%
74th Guinea -4.77% 20.6%
75th Fiji -4.76% -10.2%
76th Slovak Republic -4.62% -36.7%
77th Malta -4.61% 27.8%
78th Tunisia -4.55% -60.4%
79th Papua New Guinea -4.51% 11.5%
80th Comoros -4.33% 0.4%
81st Togo -4.21% -12.1%
82nd Australia -3.99% 23.4%
83rd Brazil -3.93% -123.1%
84th Namibia -3.92% -10.7%
85th Morocco -3.89% 20.8%
86th Senegal -3.66% 31.1%
87th Afghanistan -3.64% -262.9%
88th Canada -3.60% -21.2%
89th Spain -3.58% 9.2%
90th Czechia -3.48% -48.0%
91st Yemen, Republic of -3.41% 66.1%
92nd India -3.25% -66.7%
93rd Italy -3.24% -82.9%
94th Costa Rica -3.22% -76.8%
95th Cameroon -3.12% 22.5%
96th Colombia -3.00% -57.1%
97th Sudan -2.93% 69.3%
98th Viet Nam -2.90% 53.4%
99th El Salvador -2.89% -62.8%
100th United States -2.87% -9.4%
101st United Kingdom -2.76% 8.6%
102nd Belize -2.62% 46.7%
103rd Croatia -2.52% 61.6%
104th Peru -2.42% -303.8%
105th New Zealand -2.33% 5.6%
106th Ecuador -2.32% -545.7%
107th Ukraine -2.14% -49.5%
108th North Macedonia -2.11% 67.5%
109th Egypt, Arab Republic of -2.06% -16.1%
110th Bulgaria -1.90% 76.7%
111th Guatemala -1.89% -1,068.7%
112th Sri Lanka -1.83% -259.2%
113th Burkina Faso -1.80% 55.5%
114th Uruguay -1.74% -49.4%
115th South Africa -1.30% 45.5%
116th Paraguay -1.13% -165.0%
117th Haiti -0.86% 18.5%
118th France -0.83% -1.7%
119th Nepal -0.80% -578.7%
120th Pakistan -0.69% 67.7%
121st Slovenia -0.69% 33.3%
122nd Syrian Arab Republic -0.60% 68.5%
123rd Argentina -0.38% -117.6%
124th Mexico -0.34% 54.8%
125th French Polynesia -0.29% 88.7%
126th Hungary -0.19% 84.6%
127th Kiribati 0.12% 101.0%
128th Lithuania 0.20% -91.2%
129th Lao PDR 0.41% 139.4%
130th Indonesia 0.68% -65.4%
131st Chile 0.90% -37.7%
132nd Ireland 1.05% 149.4%
133rd Gambia, The 1.13% -41.3%
134th Côte d'Ivoire 1.33% -72.2%
135th Finland 1.39% -33.7%
136th Belgium 1.52% -15.8%
137th Estonia 1.74% -34.9%
138th Latvia 1.76% -78.1%
139th Kazakhstan 1.81% 1,653.2%
140th Bangladesh 1.83% -47.3%
141st Korea 2.34% -30.4%
142nd Israel 2.69% -4.8%
143rd Bahrain 2.87% 17.7%
144th Austria 2.94% 14.0%
145th Myanmar 3.18% 18.9%
146th Thailand 3.37% -57.2%
147th Philippines 3.45% -28.2%
148th Nigeria 3.57% -24.0%
149th Japan 3.84% 39.3%
150th China 3.84% -18.1%
151st Russian Federation 4.42% 7.3%
152nd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.45% -5.2%
153rd Djibouti 4.47% 166.0%
154th Uzbekistan 4.58% -12.4%
155th Iraq 4.68% 563.5%
156th Germany 5.77% -1.8%
157th Luxembourg 5.81% 5.4%
158th Sweden 5.93% -0.7%
159th Faroe Islands 6.19% 676.7%
160th Denmark 6.40% 74.3%
161st Netherlands 6.41% 91.5%
162nd Congo, Republic of 6.85% 148.6%
163rd Algeria 6.87% 2,293.6%
164th Hong Kong SAR, China 7.00% -29.1%
165th Zambia 7.53% 26.4%
166th Oman 7.59% 1,068.7%
167th Angola 7.86% 184.8%
168th Malaysia 10.06% -36.0%
169th Bermuda 10.49% 20.1%
170th Norway 11.66% 0.1%
171st Saudi Arabia 13.54% 130.1%
172nd Switzerland 13.76% 117.9%
173rd Suriname 14.90% 418.8%
174th Gabon 17.07% 157.1%
175th Trinidad and Tobago 18.83% 121.1%
176th Libya 22.29% 44.5%
177th Singapore 22.93% 39.9%
178th Azerbaijan 28.43% 23.7%
179th Kuwait 32.05% 17.2%
180th Brunei Darussalam 36.60% 9.6%
181st Macao SAR, China 38.92% 41.3%
182nd Nauru 49.78% -26.6%
183rd Timor-Leste 189.52% 7.2%