Kenya - Current Account Balance 2014
-9.34%
−1.49% from 2013
Kenya's current account balance was -9.34% in 2014, decreased +1.49% from -7.85% in 2013. This was the 33rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | São Tomé and Principe | -35.46% | -116.8% |
| 2nd | Libya | -33.18% | -255,292.6% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | -32.25% | 19.3% |
| 4th | Lebanon | -26.23% | -2.8% |
| 5th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -25.21% | -1.9% |
| 6th | Bhutan | -23.47% | 0.1% |
| 7th | Seychelles | -22.37% | -87.3% |
| 8th | Mauritania | -22.35% | -29.8% |
| 9th | Liberia | -19.92% | -126.1% |
| 10th | Palau | -19.70% | -9.5% |
| 11th | Kyrgyz Republic | -17.42% | -25.8% |
| 12th | Bahamas, The | -16.92% | -16.9% |
| 13th | Curaçao | -16.53% | 34.4% |
| 14th | Burundi | -15.85% | 23.1% |
| 15th | Mongolia | -15.82% | 57.9% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | -15.77% | -1,192.3% |
| 17th | Lao PDR | -14.49% | -85.0% |
| 18th | West Bank and Gaza | -13.59% | 8.0% |
| 19th | Panama | -12.98% | -50.3% |
| 20th | Malawi | -12.82% | -97.3% |
| 21st | Montenegro | -12.46% | -8.3% |
| 22nd | Central African Republic | -12.32% | -319.6% |
| 23rd | New Caledonia | -12.23% | 31.2% |
| 24th | Niger | -12.03% | -6.7% |
| 25th | Zimbabwe | -11.97% | -20.9% |
| 26th | Barbados | -11.49% | -56.7% |
| 27th | Rwanda | -11.34% | -51.6% |
| 28th | Guinea | -11.18% | 10.6% |
| 29th | Albania | -10.72% | -15.9% |
| 30th | Tanzania | -9.98% | 6.8% |
| 31st | Georgia | -9.93% | -82.1% |
| 32nd | Turkmenistan | -9.44% | 12.7% |
| 33rd | Kenya | -9.34% | -19.0% |
| 34th | Guyana | -9.33% | 6.1% |
| 35th | Grenada | -9.08% | 46.8% |
| 36th | Tunisia | -8.88% | 3.2% |
| 37th | Lesotho | -8.42% | 9.1% |
| 38th | Cabo Verde | -8.27% | -86.3% |
| 39th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -8.14% | -2,027.5% |
| 40th | Nicaragua | -8.03% | 36.1% |
| 41st | Jamaica | -8.02% | 13.8% |
| 42nd | Suriname | -7.94% | -123.3% |
| 43rd | Armenia | -7.77% | -6.5% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -7.35% | -38.1% |
| 45th | Togo | -7.17% | 17.7% |
| 46th | Burkina Faso | -7.16% | 28.4% |
| 47th | Sudan | -7.16% | 34.9% |
| 48th | Kosovo | -7.09% | -98.0% |
| 49th | Jordan | -7.08% | 30.4% |
| 50th | Honduras | -6.95% | 27.1% |
| 51st | Gambia, The | -6.88% | -2.1% |
| 52nd | Senegal | -6.80% | 17.7% |
| 53rd | Ghana | -6.76% | 25.6% |
| 54th | Benin | -6.67% | -24.0% |
| 55th | Uganda | -6.64% | -22.6% |
| 56th | Belarus | -6.63% | 33.8% |
| 57th | Cambodia | -6.55% | 7.5% |
| 58th | Belize | -6.35% | -78.1% |
| 59th | Tonga | -6.27% | 34.7% |
| 60th | Dominica | -6.21% | 37.3% |
| 61st | Sierra Leone | -6.15% | 43.8% |
| 62nd | Moldova | -6.04% | -17.1% |
| 63rd | Samoa | -5.83% | -301.1% |
| 64th | Fiji | -5.78% | 34.6% |
| 65th | South Sudan | -5.66% | -45.5% |
| 66th | Morocco | -5.54% | 18.6% |
| 67th | El Salvador | -5.37% | 22.2% |
| 68th | Serbia | -5.36% | 2.6% |
| 69th | Mauritius | -5.22% | 14.6% |
| 70th | Colombia | -5.20% | -60.6% |
| 71st | United Kingdom | -4.98% | -7.2% |
| 72nd | Haiti | -4.96% | -31.7% |
| 73rd | South Africa | -4.81% | 9.6% |
| 74th | Costa Rica | -4.72% | 1.2% |
| 75th | Aruba | -4.66% | 61.0% |
| 76th | Brazil | -4.50% | -25.8% |
| 77th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -4.49% | 49.6% |
| 78th | Peru | -4.37% | 9.2% |
| 79th | Equatorial Guinea | -4.25% | -77.3% |
| 80th | Cyprus | -4.08% | -169.2% |
| 81st | Mali | -3.96% | -37.2% |
| 82nd | Algeria | -3.88% | -1,168.1% |
| 83rd | Cameroon | -3.85% | -15.2% |
| 84th | Myanmar | -3.79% | -216.4% |
| 85th | Comoros | -3.78% | 6.5% |
| 86th | Solomon Islands | -3.71% | -77.9% |
| 87th | Tajikistan | -3.47% | 66.6% |
| 88th | Chile | -3.46% | 27.6% |
| 89th | Yemen, Republic of | -3.44% | -12.1% |
| 90th | Ukraine | -3.44% | 61.8% |
| 91st | Türkiye | -3.41% | 33.5% |
| 92nd | Guatemala | -3.30% | 21.9% |
| 93rd | Dominican Republic | -3.24% | 21.0% |
| 94th | Maldives | -3.19% | 25.9% |
| 95th | New Zealand | -3.09% | 2.5% |
| 96th | Indonesia | -3.09% | 3.2% |
| 97th | Australia | -3.08% | 9.1% |
| 98th | Uruguay | -2.99% | 6.8% |
| 99th | Poland | -2.97% | -50.7% |
| 100th | Marshall Islands | -2.62% | 70.8% |
| 101st | Angola | -2.44% | -145.0% |
| 102nd | St. Lucia | -2.43% | 62.8% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | -2.41% | 27.1% |
| 104th | Canada | -2.32% | 26.2% |
| 105th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.30% | 63.8% |
| 106th | United States | -2.11% | -4.8% |
| 107th | Chad | -1.96% | 45.5% |
| 108th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.95% | 7.6% |
| 109th | Mexico | -1.82% | 23.9% |
| 110th | Argentina | -1.74% | 18.8% |
| 111th | Greece | -1.60% | 38.8% |
| 112th | Latvia | -1.54% | 46.7% |
| 113th | Zambia | -1.43% | -83.2% |
| 114th | Finland | -1.40% | 25.5% |
| 115th | Pakistan | -1.35% | -39.7% |
| 116th | India | -1.34% | 22.9% |
| 117th | Kazakhstan | -1.29% | -167.3% |
| 118th | France | -0.96% | -58.1% |
| 119th | Paraguay | -0.79% | -190.9% |
| 120th | Ecuador | -0.65% | 32.6% |
| 121st | Madagascar | -0.65% | 90.0% |
| 122nd | North Macedonia | -0.48% | 70.7% |
| 123rd | Tuvalu | -0.48% | -116.9% |
| 124th | Romania | -0.34% | 69.5% |
| 125th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.04% | 99.6% |
| 126th | Namibia | -0.01% | 99.9% |
| 127th | Nigeria | 0.16% | -93.9% |
| 128th | Czechia | 0.22% | 141.6% |
| 129th | Portugal | 0.32% | -79.4% |
| 130th | Croatia | 0.39% | 137.5% |
| 131st | Bangladesh | 0.44% | -67.1% |
| 132nd | Estonia | 0.52% | 470.3% |
| 133rd | Vanuatu | 0.55% | 115.7% |
| 134th | Guinea-Bissau | 0.56% | 112.8% |
| 135th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.70% | 124.4% |
| 136th | Japan | 0.74% | -15.8% |
| 137th | Hungary | 0.75% | -75.8% |
| 138th | Belgium | 0.75% | -21.0% |
| 139th | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.05% | 206.9% |
| 140th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.39% | -8.4% |
| 141st | Italy | 1.71% | 66.0% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.72% | -49.7% |
| 143rd | Spain | 1.74% | -16.6% |
| 144th | Slovak Republic | 1.78% | -39.5% |
| 145th | Ireland | 2.08% | -13.4% |
| 146th | Nepal | 2.18% | -23.8% |
| 147th | Bulgaria | 2.19% | 72.1% |
| 148th | China | 2.21% | 46.0% |
| 149th | Austria | 2.31% | 32.4% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.55% | -49.7% |
| 151st | Uzbekistan | 2.57% | 42.8% |
| 152nd | Russian Federation | 2.79% | 91.2% |
| 153rd | Thailand | 2.86% | 236.0% |
| 154th | Sweden | 3.45% | -26.7% |
| 155th | Israel | 3.46% | 46.7% |
| 156th | Lithuania | 3.55% | 109.5% |
| 157th | Philippines | 3.62% | -9.8% |
| 158th | Congo, Republic of | 3.79% | -64.8% |
| 159th | Viet Nam | 4.01% | 10.1% |
| 160th | French Polynesia | 4.30% | 31.2% |
| 161st | Bahrain | 4.38% | -38.5% |
| 162nd | Malaysia | 4.39% | 27.8% |
| 163rd | Oman | 4.63% | -21.3% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | 4.93% | 25.2% |
| 165th | Iceland | 4.95% | -27.4% |
| 166th | Slovenia | 5.33% | 51.1% |
| 167th | Korea | 5.34% | -0.9% |
| 168th | Gabon | 6.11% | -26.5% |
| 169th | Liechtenstein | 6.72% | - |
| 170th | Iraq | 6.94% | 1.2% |
| 171st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.14% | 171.0% |
| 172nd | Germany | 7.19% | 7.2% |
| 173rd | Switzerland | 7.46% | -27.6% |
| 174th | Denmark | 8.34% | 13.2% |
| 175th | Malta | 8.34% | 233.0% |
| 176th | Netherlands | 8.55% | 7.7% |
| 177th | Saudi Arabia | 9.86% | -46.9% |
| 178th | Norway | 10.95% | -2.4% |
| 179th | Botswana | 11.08% | 144.4% |
| 180th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.27% | - |
| 181st | Eswatini | 11.95% | 7.1% |
| 182nd | Papua New Guinea | 12.14% | 150.8% |
| 183rd | Bermuda | 12.75% | -2.0% |
| 184th | United Arab Emirates | 12.82% | -28.3% |
| 185th | Azerbaijan | 13.57% | -18.3% |
| 186th | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.10% | -27.7% |
| 187th | Eritrea | 17.69% | 676.5% |
| 188th | Singapore | 17.95% | 14.3% |
| 189th | Djibouti | 23.89% | 177.7% |
| 190th | Qatar | 23.96% | -21.2% |
| 191st | Nauru | 26.25% | -49.1% |
| 192nd | Kiribati | 27.98% | 658.9% |
| 193rd | Brunei Darussalam | 30.71% | 47.1% |
| 194th | Macao SAR, China | 32.69% | -16.9% |
| 195th | Kuwait | 33.18% | -17.7% |
| 196th | Timor-Leste | 76.42% | -55.4% |
FAQ
What was Kenya's current account balance in 2014?▾
Kenya's current account balance in 2014 was -9.34%. This ranked 33rd globally.
How did Kenya's current account balance change in 2014?▾
Kenya's current account balance decreased by 19.0% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2014?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest current account balance in 2014 at 76.42%.
What is the current account balance of Kenya in 2014?▾
The current account balance of Kenya in 2014 was -9.34%. This ranked 33rd globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Kenya's current account balance?▾
Kenya's current account balance went from -7.85% in 2013 to -9.34% in 2014, a 19.0% decrease.
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