Ireland - Current Account Balance 2022
8.83%
−3.35% from 2021
Ireland's current account balance was 8.83% in 2022, decreased +3.35% from 12.28% in 2021. This was the 162nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Palau | -48.03% | -9.8% |
| 2nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -42.68% | -434.6% |
| 3rd | Lebanon | -34.61% | -50.2% |
| 4th | Mozambique | -33.72% | -58.7% |
| 5th | Bhutan | -27.80% | -149.2% |
| 6th | Curaçao | -26.75% | -44.1% |
| 7th | Dominica | -26.28% | 21.6% |
| 8th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -20.19% | 13.1% |
| 9th | Senegal | -19.95% | -65.3% |
| 10th | Cambodia | -18.96% | 35.9% |
| 11th | Afghanistan | -18.53% | -32,992.9% |
| 12th | Malawi | -18.34% | -20.4% |
| 13th | Fiji | -17.39% | -168.1% |
| 14th | Moldova | -17.09% | -37.7% |
| 15th | Maldives | -16.87% | -94.9% |
| 16th | Niger | -16.20% | -15.2% |
| 17th | Antigua and Barbuda | -15.63% | 12.1% |
| 18th | Burundi | -15.24% | -20.5% |
| 19th | Yemen, Republic of | -15.13% | -8.8% |
| 20th | Solomon Islands | -14.90% | -193.0% |
| 21st | Mauritania | -14.90% | -73.8% |
| 22nd | Mongolia | -13.43% | 2.6% |
| 23rd | Montenegro | -13.08% | -41.3% |
| 24th | Central African Republic | -12.61% | -17.0% |
| 25th | Grenada | -12.13% | 15.7% |
| 26th | Vanuatu | -12.08% | -3.2% |
| 27th | Kiribati | -12.04% | -269.8% |
| 28th | Lesotho | -11.42% | -25.9% |
| 29th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -11.38% | -239.4% |
| 30th | Cayman Islands | -11.25% | 14.1% |
| 31st | South Sudan | -11.22% | -10,103.1% |
| 32nd | Mauritius | -11.11% | 15.2% |
| 33rd | Greece | -10.88% | -55.8% |
| 34th | West Bank and Gaza | -10.63% | -8.2% |
| 35th | Barbados | -9.89% | 3.6% |
| 36th | Slovak Republic | -9.61% | -98.9% |
| 37th | Kosovo | -9.42% | -8.4% |
| 38th | Rwanda | -9.37% | 14.1% |
| 39th | Romania | -9.25% | -28.7% |
| 40th | Uganda | -8.92% | -5.9% |
| 41st | Bahamas, The | -8.87% | 56.1% |
| 42nd | Hungary | -8.87% | -116.0% |
| 43rd | Chile | -8.85% | -21.6% |
| 44th | Tunisia | -8.83% | -48.0% |
| 45th | New Zealand | -8.76% | -45.4% |
| 46th | Sudan | -8.60% | -15.3% |
| 47th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -8.59% | -21.8% |
| 48th | Tonga | -8.46% | -34.7% |
| 49th | Samoa | -8.32% | 42.8% |
| 50th | Belize | -8.28% | -27.3% |
| 51st | Jordan | -8.11% | -1.0% |
| 52nd | Guinea-Bissau | -7.89% | -862.8% |
| 53rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -7.61% | -92.7% |
| 54th | Burkina Faso | -7.54% | -2,023.2% |
| 55th | Tanzania | -7.24% | -106.0% |
| 56th | Seychelles | -7.02% | 33.1% |
| 57th | Paraguay | -7.01% | -552.2% |
| 58th | Cyprus | -6.98% | -27.2% |
| 59th | Honduras | -6.86% | -25.6% |
| 60th | El Salvador | -6.73% | -56.2% |
| 61st | Serbia | -6.67% | -62.5% |
| 62nd | Mali | -6.55% | 13.9% |
| 63rd | Sierra Leone | -6.35% | 13.0% |
| 64th | North Macedonia | -6.24% | -124.4% |
| 65th | Lithuania | -6.08% | -519.9% |
| 66th | Colombia | -6.03% | -7.1% |
| 67th | Albania | -5.87% | 23.5% |
| 68th | Dominican Republic | -5.77% | -104.3% |
| 69th | Nepal | -5.77% | 25.1% |
| 70th | Benin | -5.69% | -36.9% |
| 71st | Latvia | -5.48% | -34.7% |
| 72nd | Madagascar | -5.41% | -9.8% |
| 73rd | Türkiye | -5.00% | -564.6% |
| 74th | São Tomé and Principe | -4.73% | 63.8% |
| 75th | Czechia | -4.52% | -119.9% |
| 76th | Philippines | -4.52% | -199.5% |
| 77th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -4.47% | -339.1% |
| 78th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -4.39% | -148.2% |
| 79th | Kenya | -4.20% | 17.9% |
| 80th | Gambia, The | -4.09% | 2.2% |
| 81st | Peru | -4.05% | -83.0% |
| 82nd | Estonia | -3.91% | -6.9% |
| 83rd | United States | -3.88% | -7.2% |
| 84th | Croatia | -3.68% | -775.4% |
| 85th | Morocco | -3.66% | -56.0% |
| 86th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -3.58% | 84.5% |
| 87th | St. Lucia | -3.56% | 68.4% |
| 88th | Uruguay | -3.52% | -44.8% |
| 89th | Togo | -3.49% | -55.7% |
| 90th | Cabo Verde | -3.48% | 71.3% |
| 91st | Thailand | -3.43% | -61.9% |
| 92nd | Cameroon | -3.39% | 14.8% |
| 93rd | Costa Rica | -3.28% | -3.3% |
| 94th | Pakistan | -3.26% | -302.8% |
| 95th | Uzbekistan | -3.16% | 50.1% |
| 96th | Bangladesh | -3.14% | -185.5% |
| 97th | Eswatini | -2.97% | -211.9% |
| 98th | Lao PDR | -2.97% | -227.3% |
| 99th | Nicaragua | -2.94% | -5.6% |
| 100th | Myanmar | -2.90% | -32.4% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -2.68% | -149.2% |
| 102nd | Georgia | -2.58% | 75.0% |
| 103rd | Finland | -2.51% | -859.7% |
| 104th | Haiti | -2.43% | -682.5% |
| 105th | India | -2.36% | -93.3% |
| 106th | Ghana | -2.33% | 14.1% |
| 107th | Poland | -2.27% | -75.4% |
| 108th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -2.21% | 49.3% |
| 109th | Brazil | -2.15% | 11.1% |
| 110th | Portugal | -2.08% | -214.4% |
| 111th | United Kingdom | -2.07% | -373.1% |
| 112th | Sri Lanka | -1.95% | 47.3% |
| 113th | Iceland | -1.87% | 27.6% |
| 114th | Italy | -1.83% | -187.1% |
| 115th | Belgium | -1.82% | -199.4% |
| 116th | France | -1.43% | -617.1% |
| 117th | Mexico | -1.29% | -271.7% |
| 118th | Slovenia | -1.03% | -129.7% |
| 119th | Malta | -0.89% | -109.5% |
| 120th | Austria | -0.83% | -147.6% |
| 121st | Jamaica | -0.73% | -177.6% |
| 122nd | Argentina | -0.63% | -145.9% |
| 123rd | Botswana | -0.60% | 66.3% |
| 124th | Comoros | -0.43% | -34.2% |
| 125th | South Africa | -0.30% | -107.9% |
| 126th | Canada | -0.29% | -1,418.0% |
| 127th | Namibia | -0.01% | 99.9% |
| 128th | Panama | 0.04% | 103.0% |
| 129th | Nigeria | 0.16% | 129.5% |
| 130th | Viet Nam | 0.34% | 115.4% |
| 131st | Australia | 0.37% | -84.4% |
| 132nd | Spain | 0.38% | -50.9% |
| 133rd | Armenia | 0.74% | 121.7% |
| 134th | Zimbabwe | 0.75% | 12.7% |
| 135th | Indonesia | 1.00% | 238.5% |
| 136th | Guatemala | 1.17% | -46.1% |
| 137th | Korea | 1.44% | -67.3% |
| 138th | Liberia | 1.62% | 109.2% |
| 139th | Ecuador | 1.94% | -31.8% |
| 140th | Nauru | 1.95% | -48.6% |
| 141st | Suriname | 2.01% | -64.8% |
| 142nd | Japan | 2.12% | -45.7% |
| 143rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.27% | -42.1% |
| 144th | China | 2.42% | 24.8% |
| 145th | Israel | 2.69% | -14.8% |
| 146th | Kazakhstan | 2.85% | 310.0% |
| 147th | Malaysia | 3.12% | -19.6% |
| 148th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.52% | -2.8% |
| 149th | Belarus | 3.56% | 12.6% |
| 150th | Oman | 3.65% | 165.9% |
| 151st | Zambia | 3.75% | -68.5% |
| 152nd | Germany | 3.85% | -44.3% |
| 153rd | Sweden | 4.01% | -35.3% |
| 154th | Tuvalu | 4.59% | -84.6% |
| 155th | Ukraine | 4.92% | 353.4% |
| 156th | Luxembourg | 5.46% | -14.9% |
| 157th | Chad | 6.34% | 1,285.8% |
| 158th | Equatorial Guinea | 6.57% | 15.5% |
| 159th | Netherlands | 6.82% | -33.4% |
| 160th | Aruba | 6.94% | 405.6% |
| 161st | Algeria | 8.62% | 455.1% |
| 162nd | Ireland | 8.83% | -27.5% |
| 163rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 8.92% | 295.1% |
| 164th | Angola | 8.96% | -9.9% |
| 165th | Switzerland | 9.28% | 21.1% |
| 166th | Turkmenistan | 9.67% | 111.9% |
| 167th | Marshall Islands | 10.05% | -55.7% |
| 168th | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.17% | -6.3% |
| 169th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 10.18% | -13.7% |
| 170th | Russian Federation | 10.37% | 51.8% |
| 171st | Gabon | 10.92% | 215.4% |
| 172nd | Denmark | 11.15% | 30.5% |
| 173rd | Andorra | 11.64% | -22.5% |
| 174th | Saudi Arabia | 11.73% | 184.4% |
| 175th | United Arab Emirates | 13.00% | 14.5% |
| 176th | Macao SAR, China | 13.61% | 55.9% |
| 177th | San Marino | 13.61% | 152.3% |
| 178th | Liechtenstein | 14.33% | -15.7% |
| 179th | Bermuda | 14.41% | 9.2% |
| 180th | Papua New Guinea | 14.43% | 14.7% |
| 181st | Bahrain | 14.72% | 131.0% |
| 182nd | Timor-Leste | 15.22% | -67.5% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | 15.26% | 85.3% |
| 184th | Guinea | 16.83% | 306.5% |
| 185th | Congo, Republic of | 17.03% | 32.8% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 18.42% | 378.9% |
| 187th | Singapore | 18.42% | -7.0% |
| 188th | Brunei Darussalam | 19.52% | 75.2% |
| 189th | Iraq | 20.19% | 231.6% |
| 190th | Libya | 22.22% | 37.7% |
| 191st | Qatar | 26.78% | 82.9% |
| 192nd | Norway | 28.63% | 92.3% |
| 193rd | Guyana | 28.82% | 216.2% |
| 194th | Azerbaijan | 29.79% | 97.0% |
| 195th | Kuwait | 34.37% | 36.4% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's current account balance in 2022?▾
Ireland's current account balance in 2022 was 8.83%. This ranked 162nd globally.
How did Ireland's current account balance change in 2022?▾
Ireland's current account balance decreased by 27.5% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2022?▾
Kuwait had the highest current account balance in 2022 at 34.37%.
What is the current account balance of Ireland in 2022?▾
The current account balance of Ireland in 2022 was 8.83%. This ranked 162nd globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Ireland's current account balance?▾
Ireland's current account balance went from 12.28% in 2021 to 8.83% in 2022, a 27.5% decrease.
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