Kenya – Current Account Balance 2013

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
-7.85% −0.38% from 2012 G20 rank: 52nd

Kenya's current account balance was -7.85% in 2013, decreased +0.38% from -7.48% in 2012. This was the 52nd highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2013
Current Account Balance by Country – 2013
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Mongolia -37.61% 14.1%
2nd Mozambique -36.36% 10.6%
3rd Liberia -32.82% 45.3%
4th Djibouti -30.75% -181.3%
5th São Tomé and Principe -30.43% 30.5%
6th Lebanon -25.51% -8.8%
7th Afghanistan -25.29% 2.2%
8th Curaçao -25.19% 15.2%
9th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -24.73% 2.3%
10th Bhutan -24.29% -27.2%
11th New Caledonia -17.77% 11.3%
12th Mauritania -17.47% 4.1%
13th Dominica -17.08% -3.4%
14th Grenada -17.06% -13.9%
15th Papua New Guinea -16.23% -50.4%
16th Marshall Islands -15.51% -42.9%
17th Malawi -15.39% -81.3%
18th West Bank and Gaza -14.77% 1.0%
19th Bahamas, The -14.26% -1.6%
20th Guinea -14.20% -4.5%
21st Zimbabwe -13.87% -4.3%
22nd Kyrgyz Republic -13.78% 11.3%
23rd Sudan -13.53% 18.6%
24th Palau -13.03% 18.5%
25th Nicaragua -12.57% -7.2%
26th Seychelles -11.90% 19.7%
27th Aruba -11.81% -440.1%
28th Montenegro -11.57% 26.3%
29th Niger -11.25% -3.8%
30th Guyana -10.94% -21.2%
31st Tanzania -10.93% -15.1%
32nd Lesotho -10.76% 42.7%
33rd Burundi -10.54% 6.1%
34th Tajikistan -10.47% -17.3%
35th Jordan -10.17% 31.7%
36th Belarus -10.02% -253.4%
37th Burkina Faso -10.01% -674.6%
38th Sierra Leone -9.82% 50.1%
39th Fiji -9.71% -577.2%
40th Honduras -9.53% -11.7%
41st Jamaica -9.51% 2.2%
42nd Tonga -9.47% 36.1%
43rd Togo -9.44% -73.7%
44th Albania -9.26% 9.8%
45th Ghana -9.08% 23.7%
46th Congo, Democratic Republic of -8.91% -112.3%
47th Antigua and Barbuda -8.78% -8.3%
48th Panama -8.70% 3.1%
49th Ukraine -8.67% -10.4%
50th Senegal -8.19% 5.3%
51st Tunisia -7.97% -1.3%
52nd Kenya -7.85% -5.0%
53rd Lao PDR -7.83% -6.7%
54th Rwanda -7.48% 22.7%
55th Armenia -7.32% 26.6%
56th Gambia, The -7.06% -7.7%
57th El Salvador -6.90% -19.1%
58th Morocco -6.78% 24.3%
59th Cambodia -6.54% 3.8%
60th St. Lucia -6.53% 34.9%
61st Madagascar -6.51% 12.8%
62nd Uganda -6.06% 0.1%
63rd Mauritius -6.03% 13.7%
64th Samoa -5.61% -462.6%
65th Serbia -5.54% 47.2%
66th Georgia -5.45% 51.1%
67th Benin -5.38% -3.9%
68th South Africa -5.34% -14.0%
69th Bosnia and Herzegovina -5.33% 38.3%
70th Cabo Verde -5.29% 58.4%
71st Moldova -5.16% 30.1%
72nd Türkiye -5.13% -8.6%
73rd Kiribati -5.02% -387.2%
74th Peru -4.85% -68.9%
75th Chile -4.78% 10.4%
76th Costa Rica -4.77% 6.5%
77th Guinea-Bissau -4.73% 40.3%
78th United Kingdom -4.63% -47.8%
79th Barbados -4.46% 42.8%
80th Guatemala -4.22% -13.4%
81st Dominican Republic -4.11% 37.4%
82nd Maldives -3.87% 39.5%
83rd Suriname -3.81% -216.8%
84th Yemen, Republic of -3.79% -300.6%
85th Haiti -3.76% -19.7%
86th Kosovo -3.58% 41.9%
87th Brazil -3.57% 4.9%
88th Belize -3.57% -106.5%
89th Cameroon -3.34% -5.5%
90th Sri Lanka -3.30% 42.0%
91st Uruguay -3.29% 12.5%
92nd Australia -3.24% 26.7%
93rd Colombia -3.24% -3.1%
94th Indonesia -3.19% -19.9%
95th Canada -3.15% 10.9%
96th New Zealand -3.06% 21.7%
97th Solomon Islands -3.00% -234.6%
98th Latvia -2.89% 25.4%
99th St. Kitts and Nevis -2.86% 8.4%
100th India -2.65% 47.1%
101st Mexico -2.39% -69.8%
102nd Mali -2.38% -29.2%
103rd Argentina -2.38% -507.1%
104th Thailand -2.10% -70.5%
105th Greece -2.09% 19.0%
106th United States -2.02% 21.7%
107th Poland -1.98% 51.8%
108th Finland -1.88% 16.8%
109th Pakistan -1.71% -82.3%
110th North Macedonia -1.64% 50.0%
111th Cyprus -1.50% 61.1%
112th Côte d'Ivoire -1.48% -67.6%
113th Namibia -1.46% 83.0%
114th Egypt, Arab Republic of -1.23% 51.0%
115th Romania -1.14% 75.2%
116th Ecuador -0.97% -478.8%
117th Croatia -0.86% -137.7%
118th Micronesia, Federated States of -0.69% 90.6%
119th Vanuatu -0.68% 92.6%
120th Myanmar -0.64% 69.3%
121st France -0.60% 51.2%
122nd Zambia -0.58% -110.7%
123rd Czechia -0.52% 65.4%
124th Estonia -0.13% 92.8%
125th Libya 0.01% -100.0%
126th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.42% -95.5%
127th Algeria 0.52% -90.3%
128th Paraguay 0.87% 147.8%
129th Japan 0.89% -7.2%
130th Belgium 0.97% 1,267.8%
131st Italy 1.04% 582.4%
132nd Bulgaria 1.22% 224.9%
133rd Bangladesh 1.37% -29.0%
134th Russian Federation 1.46% -54.8%
135th Hong Kong SAR, China 1.52% -3.7%
136th China 1.52% -38.7%
137th Portugal 1.54% 200.8%
138th Lithuania 1.71% 206.3%
139th Austria 1.75% 16.1%
140th Uzbekistan 1.80% 0.4%
141st Kazakhstan 1.91% 51.4%
142nd Spain 2.08% 1,550.1%
143rd Israel 2.24% 813.1%
144th Ireland 2.40% 170.6%
145th Malta 2.50% 59.1%
146th Tuvalu 2.85% -82.6%
147th Slovak Republic 2.91% 210.0%
148th Hungary 2.99% 177.2%
149th French Polynesia 3.27% 138.5%
150th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.44% -52.7%
151st Malaysia 3.47% -33.2%
152nd Slovenia 3.52% 150.6%
153rd Viet Nam 3.62% -24.8%
154th Nigeria 3.66% -2.2%
155th Philippines 4.01% 51.1%
156th Botswana 4.53% 176.8%
157th Sweden 4.71% -15.0%
158th Luxembourg 5.20% -1.0%
159th Nepal 5.23% 96.6%
160th Korea 5.39% 47.4%
161st Angola 5.47% -43.2%
162nd Oman 5.88% -34.6%
163rd Germany 6.73% -6.5%
164th Iceland 6.82% 339.1%
165th Iraq 6.86% -49.4%
166th Bahrain 7.12% -11.7%
167th Denmark 7.38% 22.2%
168th Netherlands 7.90% 5.3%
169th Gabon 8.31% -27.8%
170th Norway 10.16% -17.9%
171st Switzerland 10.28% 9.1%
172nd Congo, Republic of 10.79% -21.2%
173rd Eswatini 10.91% 115.9%
174th Bermuda 13.00% -10.5%
175th Singapore 15.71% -11.0%
176th Azerbaijan 16.49% -23.3%
177th Saudi Arabia 18.33% -19.8%
178th Trinidad and Tobago 19.51% 37.0%
179th Brunei Darussalam 20.88% -30.0%
180th Qatar 30.42% -8.3%
181st Macao SAR, China 39.32% 1.3%
182nd Kuwait 39.90% -12.2%
183rd Nauru 48.58% 40.8%
184th Timor-Leste 171.24% -27.4%