Kenya – Current Account Balance 2015

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
-6.30% +3.04% from 2014 G20 rank: 54th

Kenya's current account balance was -6.30% in 2015, increased +3.04% from -9.34% in 2014. This was the 54th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2015
Current Account Balance by Country – 2015
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Congo, Republic of -37.24% -1,081.6%
2nd Mozambique -36.69% -13.8%
3rd Tuvalu -33.60% -6,901.3%
4th São Tomé and Principe -26.42% 25.5%
5th Bhutan -25.06% -6.8%
6th Afghanistan -21.91% -38.9%
7th Nauru -19.68% -175.0%
8th Libya -19.18% 42.2%
9th Seychelles -17.88% 20.1%
10th Lebanon -17.11% 34.8%
11th Curaçao -16.98% -2.7%
12th Kyrgyz Republic -15.76% 9.6%
13th Lao PDR -15.72% -8.5%
14th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -15.58% 38.2%
15th Mauritania -15.50% 30.6%
16th Niger -15.35% -27.6%
17th Suriname -15.34% -93.1%
18th Vanuatu -15.09% -2,856.8%
19th Sierra Leone -14.78% -140.3%
20th Algeria -14.42% -271.9%
21st West Bank and Gaza -13.88% -2.1%
22nd Oman -13.78% -397.7%
23rd New Caledonia -12.81% -4.8%
24th Burundi -12.77% 19.4%
25th Rwanda -12.68% -11.8%
26th Georgia -11.61% -16.9%
27th Guinea -11.60% -3.7%
28th Malawi -11.55% 10.0%
29th Montenegro -11.05% 11.3%
30th Tonga -10.92% -74.4%
31st Grenada -10.62% -16.9%
32nd Sudan -10.56% -47.4%
33rd Bahamas, The -10.16% 39.9%
34th Angola -10.02% -310.2%
35th Nicaragua -9.87% -23.0%
36th Jordan -8.99% -27.0%
37th Kosovo -8.69% -22.6%
38th Panama -8.69% 33.0%
39th Tunisia -8.57% 3.5%
40th Albania -8.54% 20.3%
41st Palau -8.45% 57.1%
42nd Mongolia -8.16% 48.4%
43rd St. Kitts and Nevis -8.11% -1,261.1%
44th Togo -8.01% -11.7%
45th Zimbabwe -7.99% 33.2%
46th Belize -7.97% -25.4%
47th Saudi Arabia -7.94% -180.5%
48th Burkina Faso -7.57% -5.6%
49th Maldives -7.31% -129.3%
50th Yemen, Republic of -7.13% -107.1%
51st Cambodia -6.61% -0.9%
52nd Dominica -6.57% -5.7%
53rd Colombia -6.37% -22.6%
54th Kenya -6.30% 32.5%
55th Benin -5.96% 10.6%
56th Moldova -5.94% 1.8%
57th Bolivia, Plurinational State of -5.87% -441.9%
58th Tajikistan -5.77% -66.1%
59th Lesotho -5.73% 31.9%
60th Ghana -5.71% 15.5%
61st Tanzania -5.52% 44.6%
62nd Kazakhstan -5.41% -320.1%
63rd Senegal -5.32% 21.9%
64th Egypt, Arab Republic of -5.24% -168.7%
65th Myanmar -5.22% -37.7%
66th Uganda -5.09% 23.3%
67th Bosnia and Herzegovina -5.04% 31.5%
68th United Kingdom -4.92% 1.2%
69th Peru -4.71% -7.9%
70th Honduras -4.67% 32.7%
71st Mali -4.48% -13.0%
72nd South Africa -4.31% 10.4%
73rd Australia -4.30% -39.5%
74th South Sudan -4.17% 26.3%
75th Gambia, The -3.90% 43.3%
76th Marshall Islands -3.83% -45.9%
77th Congo, Democratic Republic of -3.69% 17.8%
78th Cameroon -3.64% 5.4%
79th Zambia -3.61% -153.1%
80th Brazil -3.52% 21.8%
81st Canada -3.51% -51.5%
82nd Fiji -3.47% 39.9%
83rd Mauritius -3.43% 34.3%
84th Costa Rica -3.40% 27.8%
85th Serbia -3.32% 38.2%
86th Belarus -3.24% 51.1%
87th El Salvador -3.22% 40.1%
88th Nigeria -3.13% -2,083.4%
89th Argentina -2.96% -69.9%
90th Cabo Verde -2.89% 65.1%
91st Jamaica -2.87% 64.1%
92nd Solomon Islands -2.76% 25.7%
93rd Chile -2.74% 21.0%
94th Armenia -2.66% 65.7%
95th New Zealand -2.62% 15.3%
96th Mexico -2.60% -42.7%
97th Lithuania -2.52% -171.0%
98th Türkiye -2.47% 27.6%
99th Bahrain -2.31% -152.8%
100th Ecuador -2.28% -250.9%
101st Madagascar -2.26% -248.1%
102nd United States -2.24% -6.4%
103rd Sri Lanka -2.21% 8.1%
104th Slovak Republic -2.05% -215.5%
105th Indonesia -2.04% 34.1%
106th Morocco -1.96% 64.7%
107th Haiti -1.82% 63.2%
108th Dominican Republic -1.80% 44.3%
109th Barbados -1.73% 84.9%
110th North Macedonia -1.71% -255.4%
111th Iraq -1.66% -123.9%
112th Samoa -1.54% 73.6%
113th Poland -1.33% 55.4%
114th Guatemala -1.24% 62.3%
115th India -1.07% 20.3%
116th Pakistan -0.93% 30.7%
117th Finland -0.91% 35.0%
118th Guyana -0.91% 90.3%
119th Viet Nam -0.85% -121.3%
120th Greece -0.83% 48.1%
121st Romania -0.64% -86.7%
122nd St. Lucia -0.48% 80.4%
123rd Côte d'Ivoire -0.44% -142.0%
124th Azerbaijan -0.42% -103.1%
125th France -0.33% 65.3%
126th Comoros -0.26% 93.2%
127th Uruguay -0.26% 91.5%
128th Cyprus -0.24% 94.0%
129th Paraguay -0.21% 73.4%
130th Latvia -0.13% 91.8%
131st Namibia -0.01% -45.9%
132nd Bulgaria 0.02% -99.2%
133rd Czechia 0.45% 106.0%
134th Portugal 0.51% 61.2%
135th Gabon 0.98% -84.0%
136th Uzbekistan 1.04% -59.5%
137th Italy 1.23% -27.9%
138th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.28% 115.8%
139th Bangladesh 1.32% 202.4%
140th Belgium 1.38% 83.7%
141st Estonia 1.46% 182.3%
142nd Austria 1.59% -31.4%
143rd Guinea-Bissau 1.82% 226.9%
144th Antigua and Barbuda 2.03% 5,467.1%
145th Spain 2.04% 17.3%
146th Hungary 2.12% 183.4%
147th Botswana 2.23% -79.9%
148th Philippines 2.37% -34.4%
149th China 2.60% 17.5%
150th Malta 2.65% -68.2%
151st Sweden 2.72% -21.2%
152nd Croatia 2.82% 615.4%
153rd Malaysia 3.01% -31.5%
154th Japan 3.07% 313.6%
155th Hong Kong SAR, China 3.32% 138.3%
156th Aruba 3.99% 185.7%
157th Slovenia 4.12% -22.7%
158th Israel 4.58% 32.4%
159th Netherlands 4.85% -43.3%
160th Russian Federation 4.97% 78.0%
161st Liberia 5.30% 126.6%
162nd French Polynesia 5.47% 27.3%
163rd Ukraine 5.53% 260.7%
164th Luxembourg 5.62% 14.1%
165th Ireland 6.17% 197.2%
166th Iceland 6.30% 27.4%
167th Korea 6.83% 28.0%
168th Thailand 6.92% 142.0%
169th Kuwait 7.49% -77.4%
170th Trinidad and Tobago 7.66% -45.6%
171st Norway 8.01% -26.8%
172nd Denmark 8.03% -3.6%
173rd Germany 8.10% 12.5%
174th Qatar 8.50% -64.5%
175th Switzerland 9.19% 23.3%
176th Nepal 10.04% 360.1%
177th Papua New Guinea 11.21% -7.7%
178th Eswatini 13.65% 14.2%
179th Timor-Leste 14.14% -81.5%
180th Bermuda 14.17% 11.2%
181st Turks and Caicos Islands 14.24% 26.3%
182nd Brunei Darussalam 16.68% -45.7%
183rd Singapore 18.69% 4.1%
184th Macao SAR, China 23.40% -28.4%
185th Kiribati 29.36% 4.9%
186th Djibouti 29.46% 23.3%