Greece – Current Account Balance 1979

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
-3.51% −1.32% from 1978 Global rank: 54th

Greece's current account balance was -3.51% in 1979, decreased +1.32% from -2.19% in 1978. This was the 54th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1979
Current Account Balance by Country – 1979
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Myanmar -38.04% -63.3%
2nd Eswatini -28.93% -39.4%
3rd Cyprus -18.61% 3.0%
4th Samoa -18.03% -7.8%
5th Gambia, The -17.89% 34.6%
6th Antigua and Barbuda -17.79% -612.0%
7th Togo -16.89% 9.5%
8th Sierra Leone -16.12% -38.6%
9th Guyana -15.63% -168.0%
10th Costa Rica -13.83% -34.2%
11th Maldives -12.46% -289.8%
12th Madagascar -12.30% -313.8%
13th Mauritius -11.87% -4.3%
14th Mauritania -10.18% -4.8%
15th Seychelles -9.64% -106.9%
16th Morocco -9.44% 4.7%
17th Bolivia, Plurinational State of -8.98% -1.8%
18th Panama -8.40% -31.1%
19th Egypt, Arab Republic of -8.36% -34.0%
20th Congo, Republic of -8.29% 59.7%
21st Bahrain -8.22% 51.8%
22nd Singapore -7.91% -31.5%
23rd Kenya -7.90% 36.4%
24th Thailand -7.62% -58.8%
25th Botswana -7.39% 62.2%
26th Mali -7.10% 40.5%
27th Honduras -6.91% -5.3%
28th Sri Lanka -6.73% -180.4%
29th Niger -6.52% 42.4%
30th Senegal -6.46% 10.0%
31st Barbados -6.28% -46.9%
32nd Korea -6.10% -196.8%
33rd Paraguay -6.03% -36.6%
34th Dominican Republic -6.02% 8.5%
35th Fiji -5.76%
36th Pakistan -5.64% -40.6%
37th Tonga -5.38% -212.2%
38th Chile -5.34% 19.6%
39th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -5.06% -214.1%
40th Uruguay -4.97% -92.3%
41st Algeria -4.91% 63.4%
42nd Haiti -4.86% -6.1%
43rd Philippines -4.79% -12.8%
44th Brazil -4.75% -36.0%
45th Ecuador -4.45% 24.6%
46th Jamaica -4.39% -435.2%
47th Benin -4.37% 55.1%
48th Denmark -4.34% -74.3%
49th Tunisia -4.18% 45.7%
50th Israel -4.07% 28.6%
51st Mexico -4.02%
52nd Bahamas, The -3.76% -1,405.4%
53rd Tanzania -3.52% 30.0%
54th Greece -3.51% -60.5%
55th Canada -3.44% 7.9%
56th Sudan -3.05% -127.4%
57th Guatemala -2.98% 33.2%
58th Bangladesh -2.67% 7.6%
59th Central African Republic -2.28% 39.5%
60th Cameroon -2.12% 46.9%
61st Norway -1.97% 56.7%
62nd Sweden -1.91% -941.2%
63rd Türkiye -1.58% 17.8%
64th Zimbabwe -1.09% -187.9%
65th Grenada -1.09% -191.6%
66th Argentina -0.74% -135.5%
67th Iceland -0.64% -182.7%
68th Nepal -0.61% 61.7%
69th Germany -0.61% -148.8%
70th Trinidad and Tobago -0.42% -127.3%
71st Finland -0.37% -119.5%
72nd Switzerland -0.21% -110.5%
73rd Portugal -0.20% 89.7%
74th Jordan -0.20% 98.2%
75th United Kingdom -0.18% -127.7%
76th Chad -0.15% 96.3%
77th United States -0.01% 99.1%
78th India 0.03% -93.5%
79th Liberia 0.04%
80th Netherlands 0.19% 133.5%
81st Spain 0.35% -54.7%
82nd France 0.85% -40.0%
83rd El Salvador 0.93% 110.4%
84th Italy 1.50% -21.7%
85th Colombia 1.57% 41.3%
86th Zambia 2.33% 123.3%
87th Ghana 3.07% 344.9%
88th Nigeria 3.53% 134.4%
89th Malaysia 4.44% 471.8%
90th Peru 4.57% 396.1%
91st Malta 4.65% -49.2%
92nd Papua New Guinea 4.66% 382.3%
93rd South Africa 4.70% 120.8%
94th Solomon Islands 6.79% 127.2%
95th Gabon 8.17% 164.3%
96th Syrian Arab Republic 9.02% 1,411.5%
97th Saudi Arabia 9.12% 431.1%
98th Dominica 11.45% 603.2%
99th Nicaragua 11.50% 1,082.3%
100th Libya 12.35% 270.4%
101st São Tomé and Principe 13.23% 28.4%
102nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.24% 9,829.4%
103rd Oman 14.70% 913.4%
104th Kuwait 56.70% 43.4%
105th Kiribati 60.43%