Benin – Current Account Balance 2011

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
-4.83% +0.73% from 2010 G20 rank: 83rd

Benin's current account balance was -4.83% in 2011, increased +0.73% from -5.57% in 2010. This was the 83rd highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2011
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Tuvalu -60.88% -39.5%
2nd Liberia -52.49% -22.9%
3rd São Tomé and Principe -46.70% -1.3%
4th Mongolia -43.35% -251.9%
5th Sierra Leone -39.36% -186.7%
6th Curaçao -30.02%
7th Seychelles -28.45% -30.3%
8th Bhutan -26.61% -40.7%
9th Mozambique -22.77% -54.7%
10th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -22.33% 15.2%
11th Tonga -20.25% 15.0%
12th Zimbabwe -19.49% -41.8%
13th Grenada -18.67% 4.0%
14th West Bank and Gaza -18.50% -37.0%
15th Guinea -17.12% -258.9%
16th Niger -16.33% -12.8%
17th Cabo Verde -14.88% -21.9%
18th Montenegro -14.75% 28.4%
19th Micronesia, Federated States of -14.41% -70.5%
20th St. Lucia -14.31% -12.9%
21st Jamaica -14.28% -102.2%
22nd Djibouti -13.87% -410.0%
23rd Lebanon -13.83% 29.6%
24th Maldives -13.82% -82.4%
25th New Caledonia -13.44% 7.4%
26th Mauritius -13.36% -34.8%
27th Dominica -13.35% 21.2%
28th Kosovo -13.33% -5.2%
29th Albania -12.85% -14.6%
30th Palau -12.75% -28.4%
31st Burundi -12.68% 14.4%
32nd Panama -12.66% -22.6%
33rd Tanzania -12.64% -83.0%
34th Afghanistan -12.62% -246.4%
35th Bahamas, The -11.95% -48.2%
36th Georgia -11.91% -23.5%
37th Nicaragua -11.91% -34.2%
38th Lesotho -11.86% -7.8%
39th Samoa -10.92% -20.7%
40th Armenia -10.44% 23.4%
41st Moldova -10.13% -46.7%
42nd Greece -10.10% 1.1%
43rd Guyana -10.09% -40.5%
44th Jordan -10.01% -44.4%
45th Serbia -9.93% -60.5%
46th Aruba -9.88% 47.3%
47th Malawi -9.76% -2.0%
48th Bosnia and Herzegovina -9.48% -58.0%
49th Ghana -9.00% -5.5%
50th Kiribati -8.83% -7,607.2%
51st Türkiye -8.81% -54.6%
52nd Belarus -8.18% 43.5%
53rd Kenya -8.15% -56.2%
54th Honduras -7.95% -56.7%
55th Vanuatu -7.91% -25.9%
56th St. Kitts and Nevis -7.81% 49.0%
57th Kyrgyz Republic -7.70% 22.2%
58th Gambia, The -7.67% -776.5%
59th Dominican Republic -7.52% -0.6%
60th Uganda -7.49% -24.1%
61st Morocco -7.27% -86.7%
62nd Tunisia -7.04% -54.5%
63rd Rwanda -6.93% -6.3%
64th Namibia -6.85% -74.6%
65th Sri Lanka -6.81% -271.6%
66th Madagascar -6.73% 24.8%
67th Senegal -6.45% -76.3%
68th Cambodia -6.40% 9.9%
69th Tajikistan -6.34% 38.5%
70th Portugal -6.12% 40.4%
71st Ukraine -6.04% -182.9%
72nd Eswatini -5.96% 33.0%
73rd Togo -5.57% -32.3%
74th El Salvador -5.48% -89.8%
75th Comoros -5.42% -25.2%
76th Costa Rica -5.30% -64.3%
77th Fiji -5.16% -8.4%
78th Poland -5.11% 1.1%
79th Antigua and Barbuda -5.07% 53.3%
80th Slovak Republic -4.92% -6.6%
81st Chile -4.92% -648.2%
82nd Congo, Democratic Republic of -4.85% 46.1%
83rd Benin -4.83% 13.2%
84th Sudan -4.82% -64.8%
85th Romania -4.82% 3.4%
86th Iceland -4.48% 24.0%
87th Mali -4.25% 54.6%
88th Lithuania -3.69% -1,962.4%
89th Latvia -3.55% -301.9%
90th India -3.43% -5.4%
91st Guatemala -3.37% -78.7%
92nd Marshall Islands -3.35% 62.3%
93rd Australia -3.25% 18.5%
94th Brazil -3.19% 18.6%
95th Barbados -3.07% 36.1%
96th United States -2.92% -1.7%
97th Colombia -2.91% 3.0%
98th New Zealand -2.86% -22.6%
99th Canada -2.77% 22.9%
100th Italy -2.74% 15.5%
101st Uruguay -2.61% -49.9%
102nd Myanmar -2.60% -181.9%
103rd Spain -2.59% 27.6%
104th North Macedonia -2.49% -18.3%
105th Haiti -2.49% -189.7%
106th Cameroon -2.45% 21.5%
107th Lao PDR -2.36% -673.8%
108th Egypt, Arab Republic of -2.32% -13.0%
109th Czechia -2.17% 37.7%
110th Cyprus -2.09% 80.5%
111th South Africa -2.02% -55.5%
112th Peru -1.96% 18.7%
113th Belgium -1.93% -226.6%
114th Solomon Islands -1.76% 89.0%
115th Croatia -1.66% 34.0%
116th United Kingdom -1.62% 41.2%
117th Yemen, Republic of -1.61% 52.8%
118th Finland -1.56% -212.0%
119th Burkina Faso -1.33% 26.1%
120th Guinea-Bissau -1.21% 83.9%
121st Papua New Guinea -1.10% 75.6%
122nd Belize -1.09% 58.3%
123rd France -1.03% -23.5%
124th Argentina -1.01% -162.9%
125th Pakistan -0.96% -39.1%
126th Botswana -0.87% 85.2%
127th Mexico -0.86% -152.6%
128th Slovenia -0.77% -12.5%
129th Paraguay -0.68% 40.1%
130th Ecuador -0.51% 78.2%
131st Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.48%
132nd Malta -0.13% 97.1%
133rd Bangladesh -0.13% -106.9%
134th Viet Nam 0.14% 104.7%
135th Indonesia 0.19% -72.3%
136th Hungary 0.43% 327.8%
137th Bulgaria 0.47% 124.8%
138th Israel 0.96% -64.4%
139th Ireland 1.17% 12.2%
140th Korea 1.27% -45.7%
141st Estonia 1.31% -25.1%
142nd Nepal 1.34% 267.8%
143rd Austria 1.59% -46.1%
144th China 1.77% -53.8%
145th Japan 2.08% -45.8%
146th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.24% -49.6%
147th Philippines 2.41% -30.1%
148th Thailand 2.54% -24.5%
149th Nigeria 2.57% -28.0%
150th French Polynesia 2.83% 1,060.1%
151st Uzbekistan 4.63% 1.0%
152nd Zambia 4.66% -38.1%
153rd Russian Federation 4.75% 7.5%
154th Sweden 5.51% -7.0%
155th Hong Kong SAR, China 5.56% -20.7%
156th Luxembourg 5.63% -3.2%
157th Germany 6.26% 8.5%
158th Denmark 6.34% -0.9%
159th Libya 6.63% -70.3%
160th Switzerland 6.90% -49.9%
161st Netherlands 7.02% 9.5%
162nd Côte d'Ivoire 7.27% 445.9%
163rd Kazakhstan 7.30% 303.7%
164th Faroe Islands 7.75% 25.3%
165th Algeria 8.09% 17.8%
166th Suriname 9.75% -34.5%
167th Angola 10.42% 32.7%
168th Bahrain 10.86% 277.9%
169th Malaysia 10.91% 8.4%
170th Oman 11.44% 50.7%
171st Congo, Republic of 13.24% 93.2%
172nd Norway 13.25% 13.7%
173rd Bermuda 13.74% 31.0%
174th Iraq 14.07% 200.3%
175th Gabon 14.30% -16.2%
176th Trinidad and Tobago 18.51% -1.7%
177th Singapore 22.22% -3.1%
178th Saudi Arabia 23.88% 76.3%
179th Azerbaijan 26.00% -8.6%
180th Nauru 30.37% -39.0%
181st Qatar 31.07%
182nd Brunei Darussalam 34.71% -5.2%
183rd Macao SAR, China 40.38% 3.8%
184th Kuwait 42.94% 34.0%
185th Timor-Leste 225.03% 18.7%