Kenya – Current Account Balance 1981

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
-8.19% +3.87% from 1980 G20 rank: 47th

Kenya's current account balance was -8.19% in 1981, increased +3.87% from -12.06% in 1980. This was the 47th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1981
Current Account Balance by Country – 1981
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Maldives -45.11% 13.7%
2nd Mongolia -34.96%
3rd Guyana -32.17% -51.0%
4th Myanmar -28.52% 15.5%
5th Botswana -28.28% -98.6%
6th Nicaragua -23.91% -24.6%
7th Congo, Republic of -23.11% -136.5%
8th São Tomé and Principe -22.00% -2,758.3%
9th Antigua and Barbuda -21.89% -54.2%
10th St. Lucia -20.47% -4.7%
11th Gambia, The -19.94% 46.9%
12th Papua New Guinea -19.39% -70.9%
13th Zambia -17.98% -35.3%
14th Dominica -15.59% 20.6%
15th Costa Rica -15.59% -13.5%
16th Cabo Verde -15.50% -610.2%
17th Portugal -14.65% -353.0%
18th Eswatini -14.23% 40.5%
19th Solomon Islands -13.70% -105.8%
20th Chile -13.45% -102.0%
21st Mauritania -13.31% -4.7%
22nd Fiji -13.05% -797.1%
23rd Mauritius -12.68% -24.2%
24th Tonga -12.00% -98.6%
25th Grenada -11.99% -5,013.2%
26th Barbados -11.85% -96.5%
27th Sierra Leone -11.82% 21.1%
28th Seychelles -11.48% -15.2%
29th Senegal -11.27% -31.6%
30th Samoa -11.08% -7.9%
31st Libya -10.90% -154.3%
32nd Singapore -10.37% 21.1%
33rd Jamaica -10.30% -102.7%
34th Morocco -10.27% -58.7%
35th Panama -10.24% -43.8%
36th Kiribati -10.15% -239.1%
37th Sri Lanka -10.06% 38.2%
38th Haiti -10.06% -38.0%
39th Ghana -9.93% -1,561.3%
40th Malaysia -9.87% -809.1%
41st Bahamas, The -9.81% -73.9%
42nd Egypt, Arab Republic of -9.64% -378.9%
43rd Korea -8.64% 16.0%
44th Honduras -8.64% 13.1%
45th Niger -8.36% 23.9%
46th Cyprus -8.23% 31.4%
47th Kenya -8.19% 32.1%
48th Malawi -8.08% 43.9%
49th Peru -7.98% -1,331.8%
50th Bolivia, Plurinational State of -7.94% -5,527.5%
51st Madagascar -7.62% 28.7%
52nd Thailand -7.38% -15.0%
53rd El Salvador -7.29% -867.9%
54th Cameroon -7.29% -9.2%
55th Benin -7.23% -184.5%
56th Zimbabwe -6.80% -204.7%
57th Guatemala -6.65% -221.0%
58th Paraguay -6.64% -6.6%
59th Mali -6.27% -36.3%
60th Mexico -6.16% -21.4%
61st Sudan -6.00% -69.9%
62nd Argentina -5.99% 3.5%
63rd St. Kitts and Nevis -5.81% -49.3%
64th Colombia -5.39% -774.6%
65th Tunisia -5.38% -33.3%
66th South Africa -5.34% -251.2%
67th Dominican Republic -5.15% 51.6%
68th Philippines -5.09% 1.5%
69th Israel -5.06% -47.6%
70th Bangladesh -5.02% -29.7%
71st Greece -4.66% -18.3%
72nd Ecuador -4.58% -27.5%
73rd Brazil -4.56% 15.6%
74th Uruguay -4.18% 40.1%
75th Iceland -4.08% -87.1%
76th Canada -4.08% -84.1%
77th Nigeria -3.94% -148.8%
78th Comoros -3.83% -4.6%
79th Iran, Islamic Republic of -3.43% -32.7%
80th Togo -3.25% 45.1%
81st Pakistan -3.25% 11.3%
82nd Tanzania -3.09% 32.4%
83rd Denmark -3.05% 9.6%
84th Türkiye -2.72% 45.1%
85th Spain -2.65% -10.3%
86th Italy -2.40% -8.8%
87th Sweden -2.14% 29.7%
88th Syrian Arab Republic -1.98% -203.3%
89th India -1.39% -45.6%
90th Finland -0.91% 65.1%
91st Jordan -0.89% -109.3%
92nd Nepal -0.84% 57.9%
93rd France -0.79% -30.3%
94th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -0.78% 93.1%
95th Indonesia -0.66%
96th Germany -0.66% 59.8%
97th Central African Republic -0.60% 88.9%
98th United States 0.15% 101.5%
99th Liberia 0.19% 65.5%
100th Algeria 0.20% -65.5%
101st Bulgaria 0.61% -87.2%
102nd Lesotho 0.98% -92.5%
103rd Uganda 1.90% 128.6%
104th Netherlands 2.33% 632.1%
105th Albania 2.49% 145.5%
106th United Kingdom 2.61% 115.1%
107th Chad 2.67% 124.4%
108th Switzerland 3.05% 1,960.5%
109th Norway 3.36% 100.7%
110th Trinidad and Tobago 5.93% 3.6%
111th Malta 6.95% 123.8%
112th Gabon 10.44% 16.4%
113th Bahrain 10.89% 106.4%
114th Oman 17.03% 8.1%
115th Saudi Arabia 21.50% -14.8%
116th Kuwait 54.67% 2.3%