China – Current Account Balance 2005

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
5.71% +2.24% from 2004 Global rank: 145th

China's current account balance was 5.71% in 2005, increased +2.24% from 3.47% in 2004. This was the 145th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 2005
Current Account Balance by Country – 2005
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Grenada -36.20% -65.2%
2nd West Bank and Gaza -26.64% 22.8%
3rd São Tomé and Principe -26.53% 17.9%
4th Maldives -23.47% -135.4%
5th Palau -20.73%
6th Liberia -19.34% -8.6%
7th Tuvalu -18.67% 39.7%
8th Jordan -18.04% -5,352.7%
9th Seychelles -17.80% -163.5%
10th Bosnia and Herzegovina -16.43% -1.8%
11th Solomon Islands -16.31% -303.5%
12th Dominica -16.09% -91.4%
13th Iceland -15.55% -56.0%
14th St. Lucia -15.51% -4.3%
15th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -14.03% -5.4%
16th Barbados -12.98% -2.2%
17th Tajikistan -12.81% -366.2%
18th Lebanon -12.78% 38.6%
19th Madagascar -12.53% -59.1%
20th Nicaragua -12.40% -4.5%
21st Latvia -12.18% -0.2%
22nd Guyana -11.67% -361.7%
23rd Bulgaria -11.21% -75.4%
24th Georgia -10.85% -56.1%
25th Burkina Faso -10.32%
26th Ghana -10.28% -54.7%
27th Belize -10.26% 7.3%
28th Antigua and Barbuda -10.00% -58.5%
29th Samoa -9.97% -55.4%
30th Hungary -9.89% -8.9%
31st Portugal -9.60% -20.3%
32nd Jamaica -9.53% -93.3%
33rd Malawi -9.52% -27.1%
34th Tonga -9.29% -184.4%
35th Romania -8.67% -1.9%
36th Estonia -8.63% 28.0%
37th Vanuatu -8.62% -40.2%
38th Mozambique -8.58%
39th Slovak Republic -8.19% -7.5%
40th Suriname -8.18%
41st Moldova -7.56% -325.6%
42nd Croatia -7.54% -22.5%
43rd Greece -7.52% -30.9%
44th Lithuania -7.34% 5.7%
45th St. Kitts and Nevis -7.23% 6.1%
46th Spain -7.21% -33.0%
47th Bahamas, The -7.12% -110.0%
48th Niger -7.11% -15.6%
49th Sudan -7.03% -128.9%
50th New Zealand -7.00% -55.2%
51st Albania -6.92% -43.2%
52nd Fiji -6.90% 25.7%
53rd Iraq -6.66%
54th Malta -6.54% -72.2%
55th Panama -6.40% 7.5%
56th Lao PDR -6.35% 15.7%
57th Togo -6.33% 2.5%
58th Australia -6.22% 7.2%
59th Senegal -6.14% -21.0%
60th Tanzania -5.94% -104.9%
61st Mali -5.89% 6.7%
62nd United States -5.75% -10.4%
63rd Cyprus -5.27% -10.3%
64th Mauritius -4.93% -193.8%
65th Guatemala -4.63% 6.2%
66th Cambodia -4.34% -39.7%
67th Costa Rica -4.29% -18.3%
68th El Salvador -4.23% 9.6%
69th Gambia, The -4.22% -33.9%
70th Cabo Verde -4.18% 70.3%
71st Türkiye -4.13% -19.2%
72nd Sierra Leone -4.12% 6.9%
73rd Comoros -4.10% -23.0%
74th Thailand -4.04% -352.9%
75th Guinea -3.74% -22.2%
76th Benin -3.44% 26.2%
77th Ireland -3.37%
78th Eswatini -3.31% -226.0%
79th Poland -3.30% 44.6%
80th Honduras -3.12% 59.5%
81st Congo, Democratic Republic of -3.08%
82nd Zambia -2.78% 61.0%
83rd South Africa -2.77% -10.7%
84th Sri Lanka -2.66% 15.0%
85th North Macedonia -2.55% 68.0%
86th Cameroon -2.54% -14.9%
87th Armenia -2.53% -14.7%
88th Pakistan -2.48% -301.9%
89th Czechia -2.05% 44.8%
90th United Kingdom -1.98% 13.5%
91st Slovenia -1.89% 27.6%
92nd Marshall Islands -1.84%
93rd New Caledonia -1.80% -141.4%
94th Guinea-Bissau -1.64% -168.8%
95th Kyrgyz Republic -1.52% -215.0%
96th Kenya -1.35% -64.5%
97th Colombia -1.34% -102.2%
98th Dominican Republic -1.32% -128.3%
99th India -1.25% -1,239.4%
100th Viet Nam -0.97% 53.9%
101st Tunisia -0.93% 34.5%
102nd Italy -0.90% -80.9%
103rd Paraguay -0.63% -516.8%
104th Mexico -0.62% -34.2%
105th Burundi -0.51% 85.6%
106th Bangladesh -0.25% 41.6%
107th France -0.01% -101.5%
108th Indonesia 0.10% -84.0%
109th Haiti 0.10% 109.8%
110th French Polynesia 0.15% -95.4%
111th Côte d'Ivoire 0.17%
112th Uruguay 0.24% 966.5%
113th Uganda 0.53% 2,625.3%
114th Kazakhstan 0.63% -19.3%
115th Syrian Arab Republic 1.04% -56.1%
116th Ecuador 1.18% 186.4%
117th Korea 1.26% -64.7%
118th Azerbaijan 1.26% 104.2%
119th Brazil 1.31% -2.1%
120th Peru 1.51% 5,123.3%
121st Morocco 1.51% 3.1%
122nd Belarus 1.52% 129.5%
123rd Faroe Islands 1.77% -76.4%
124th Philippines 1.85% 8.3%
125th Canada 1.87% -17.4%
126th Nepal 1.88% 37.0%
127th Chile 1.91% -41.4%
128th Austria 1.99%
129th Belgium 2.00% -35.5%
130th Israel 2.22% 164.7%
131st Egypt, Arab Republic of 2.35% -52.9%
132nd Argentina 2.65% 36.0%
133rd Ukraine 2.84% -72.4%
134th Djibouti 2.84% 500.6%
135th Mongolia 3.47% 9.6%
136th Japan 3.52% -5.3%
137th Yemen, Republic of 3.73%
138th Finland 3.80% -40.3%
139th Denmark 4.15% 76.1%
140th Aruba 4.45% -63.0%
141st Namibia 4.55% -32.7%
142nd Germany 4.64% 2.4%
143rd Myanmar 4.85% 365.2%
144th Lesotho 5.69% 223.4%
145th China 5.71% 64.4%
146th Sweden 6.02% 1.1%
147th Netherlands 6.04% -9.9%
148th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.52% 69.4%
149th Luxembourg 6.93% -3.9%
150th Uzbekistan 8.02%
151st Bahrain 9.23% 157.4%
152nd Congo, Republic of 10.46% -27.9%
153rd Russian Federation 11.05% 11.5%
154th Switzerland 11.40% -9.0%
155th Hong Kong SAR, China 11.88% 19.4%
156th Angola 12.41% 391.9%
157th Papua New Guinea 13.35% 178.7%
158th Malaysia 13.92% 15.2%
159th Oman 14.58% 372.1%
160th Botswana 16.11% 355.4%
161st Norway 16.12% 29.6%
162nd Algeria 19.79% 282.2%
163rd Gabon 20.69% 73.9%
164th Nigeria 20.79% 67.6%
165th Singapore 23.26% 20.5%
166th Macao SAR, China 23.65% -28.2%
167th Trinidad and Tobago 24.29% 79.9%
168th Saudi Arabia 27.07% 34.9%
169th Libya 31.57% 126.6%
170th Kuwait 37.22% 42.6%
171st Brunei Darussalam 38.23% 14.3%
HistorySaid – pattern alert

China matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2005. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.1%. View full analysis →