Kuwait - Current Account Balance 2002
11.18%
−12.67% from 2001
Kuwait's current account balance was 11.18% in 2002, decreased +12.67% from 23.86% in 2001. This was the 181st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chad | -64.83% | -182.6% |
| 2nd | São Tomé and Principe | -31.22% | -38.6% |
| 3rd | Palau | -30.05% | 7.9% |
| 4th | Grenada | -24.56% | 2.5% |
| 5th | Lebanon | -23.71% | -20.4% |
| 6th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -19.97% | 11.3% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | -19.51% | -209.7% |
| 8th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -17.70% | -38.2% |
| 9th | St. Lucia | -17.62% | 6.5% |
| 10th | Aruba | -17.34% | -206.1% |
| 11th | Zambia | -15.81% | 9.3% |
| 12th | Bhutan | -15.63% | -88.9% |
| 13th | Nicaragua | -15.01% | 2.4% |
| 14th | Mozambique | -14.61% | -27.1% |
| 15th | West Bank and Gaza | -13.66% | 34.0% |
| 16th | Seychelles | -13.65% | 44.5% |
| 17th | Suriname | -13.64% | 43.3% |
| 18th | Belize | -13.29% | 18.2% |
| 19th | Azerbaijan | -12.32% | -1,203.9% |
| 20th | Montenegro | -11.52% | 15.6% |
| 21st | Cabo Verde | -11.51% | -52.5% |
| 22nd | Kiribati | -11.40% | -19.4% |
| 23rd | Jamaica | -11.05% | -37.4% |
| 24th | Estonia | -10.57% | -48.8% |
| 25th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -10.16% | 42.1% |
| 26th | North Macedonia | -9.43% | -40.8% |
| 27th | Antigua and Barbuda | -9.42% | 9.3% |
| 28th | Albania | -9.03% | -42.9% |
| 29th | Timor-Leste | -9.00% | -35.6% |
| 30th | Madagascar | -8.91% | -246.2% |
| 31st | Dominica | -8.85% | 42.2% |
| 32nd | Guyana | -8.58% | -82.7% |
| 33rd | Portugal | -8.32% | 20.4% |
| 34th | Samoa | -8.30% | -108.5% |
| 35th | Burkina Faso | -8.28% | 9.3% |
| 36th | Mongolia | -7.53% | -54.7% |
| 37th | Rwanda | -6.94% | -33.2% |
| 38th | Vanuatu | -6.50% | -377.3% |
| 39th | Hungary | -6.45% | -10.8% |
| 40th | Georgia | -6.39% | -7.3% |
| 41st | Greece | -6.39% | 10.2% |
| 42nd | Armenia | -6.22% | 40.4% |
| 43rd | Croatia | -6.21% | -185.3% |
| 44th | Guatemala | -6.04% | 1.6% |
| 45th | Niger | -5.95% | -57.3% |
| 46th | Togo | -5.82% | 31.3% |
| 47th | Latvia | -5.65% | 26.3% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | -5.55% | 30.6% |
| 49th | Sudan | -5.37% | -61.6% |
| 50th | Costa Rica | -5.19% | -61.2% |
| 51st | Czechia | -5.16% | -7.5% |
| 52nd | Lithuania | -5.05% | -7.8% |
| 53rd | Bahamas, The | -4.77% | -24.3% |
| 54th | Barbados | -4.66% | -35.2% |
| 55th | Guinea | -4.64% | -1,523.5% |
| 56th | Senegal | -4.54% | -20.2% |
| 57th | Ecuador | -4.51% | -89.1% |
| 58th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -4.45% | -32.5% |
| 59th | United States | -4.17% | -12.1% |
| 60th | Kazakhstan | -4.16% | 33.7% |
| 61st | Australia | -4.04% | -79.5% |
| 62nd | Maldives | -3.97% | 48.2% |
| 63rd | Malawi | -3.94% | -174.9% |
| 64th | Sierra Leone | -3.79% | 33.2% |
| 65th | Benin | -3.74% | -83.0% |
| 66th | Gambia, The | -3.68% | -11.7% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -3.65% | 34.1% |
| 68th | Spain | -3.63% | 15.8% |
| 69th | Honduras | -3.58% | 42.7% |
| 70th | Cameroon | -3.54% | -11.4% |
| 71st | Serbia | -3.53% | -290.7% |
| 72nd | Tonga | -3.47% | 70.4% |
| 73rd | Cyprus | -3.32% | -9.3% |
| 74th | Romania | -3.31% | -4.0% |
| 75th | Tunisia | -3.22% | 39.1% |
| 76th | Mali | -3.22% | 63.7% |
| 77th | El Salvador | -3.20% | -161.4% |
| 78th | Dominican Republic | -2.94% | -1.6% |
| 79th | New Caledonia | -2.87% | - |
| 80th | Poland | -2.78% | 10.6% |
| 81st | Liberia | -2.75% | 71.5% |
| 82nd | Uganda | -2.46% | 33.8% |
| 83rd | Cambodia | -2.38% | -155.8% |
| 84th | Israel | -2.28% | 2.4% |
| 85th | Belarus | -2.23% | 46.1% |
| 86th | New Zealand | -2.10% | -154.9% |
| 87th | Peru | -2.03% | 13.8% |
| 88th | United Kingdom | -1.97% | -11.0% |
| 89th | Bulgaria | -1.94% | 46.3% |
| 90th | Brazil | -1.85% | 58.5% |
| 91st | Iraq | -1.83% | -193.5% |
| 92nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.83% | -18.1% |
| 93rd | Viet Nam | -1.72% | -177.3% |
| 94th | Ghana | -1.71% | 47.6% |
| 95th | Central African Republic | -1.66% | 10.6% |
| 96th | Mexico | -1.53% | 30.4% |
| 97th | Haiti | -1.43% | 31.7% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | -1.43% | -53.4% |
| 99th | Colombia | -1.32% | -23.5% |
| 100th | Tajikistan | -1.24% | 75.0% |
| 101st | Moldova | -1.19% | 34.1% |
| 102nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.14% | 6.0% |
| 103rd | Kenya | -0.89% | 47.8% |
| 104th | Panama | -0.88% | 39.1% |
| 105th | Angola | -0.87% | 92.5% |
| 106th | Papua New Guinea | -0.84% | -117.0% |
| 107th | Chile | -0.83% | 40.9% |
| 108th | Bahrain | -0.52% | -121.9% |
| 109th | Italy | -0.49% | -418.0% |
| 110th | Burundi | -0.40% | 87.3% |
| 111th | Philippines | -0.33% | 84.9% |
| 112th | Tanzania | -0.32% | 86.8% |
| 113th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.27% | 93.0% |
| 114th | Türkiye | -0.26% | -114.0% |
| 115th | Eritrea | -0.07% | 99.7% |
| 116th | Tuvalu | 0.15% | -99.7% |
| 117th | French Polynesia | 0.15% | - |
| 118th | Ireland | 0.25% | 38.0% |
| 119th | Comoros | 0.39% | -79.0% |
| 120th | Lao PDR | 0.47% | 103.8% |
| 121st | Korea | 0.63% | 64.2% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.73% | 2,315.1% |
| 123rd | South Africa | 0.78% | 217.9% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.85% | -81.7% |
| 125th | Fiji | 0.86% | 119.4% |
| 126th | Slovenia | 1.05% | 2,525.5% |
| 127th | Nigeria | 1.14% | -52.6% |
| 128th | France | 1.18% | -25.2% |
| 129th | Bangladesh | 1.35% | 183.0% |
| 130th | Iceland | 1.35% | 132.8% |
| 131st | India | 1.37% | 95.8% |
| 132nd | Myanmar | 1.41% | 120.6% |
| 133rd | Zimbabwe | 1.57% | -28.5% |
| 134th | Canada | 1.65% | -25.7% |
| 135th | Denmark | 1.94% | -46.9% |
| 136th | Mauritania | 1.97% | 126.3% |
| 137th | Germany | 1.98% | 1,247.0% |
| 138th | Austria | 2.12% | 364.8% |
| 139th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.21% | 49.4% |
| 140th | Uzbekistan | 2.28% | 80.0% |
| 141st | Netherlands | 2.32% | 2.2% |
| 142nd | China | 2.38% | 84.6% |
| 143rd | Eswatini | 2.38% | 296.4% |
| 144th | Malta | 2.38% | 252.7% |
| 145th | Namibia | 2.56% | 769.0% |
| 146th | Japan | 2.60% | 32.1% |
| 147th | Uruguay | 2.81% | 217.9% |
| 148th | Morocco | 3.14% | 68.2% |
| 149th | United Arab Emirates | 3.32% | -63.4% |
| 150th | Libya | 3.39% | -47.2% |
| 151st | Thailand | 3.47% | -18.3% |
| 152nd | Nepal | 3.56% | -47.0% |
| 153rd | Pakistan | 3.94% | 1,074.8% |
| 154th | Indonesia | 4.00% | 1.1% |
| 155th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.15% | -39.1% |
| 156th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.48% | 1,231.3% |
| 157th | Belgium | 4.50% | 34.9% |
| 158th | Sweden | 4.66% | 1.3% |
| 159th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.80% | 26.0% |
| 160th | Botswana | 4.84% | -55.6% |
| 161st | Mauritius | 5.08% | -10.1% |
| 162nd | Jordan | 5.23% | 2,044.8% |
| 163rd | Marshall Islands | 5.94% | 223.4% |
| 164th | Saudi Arabia | 6.26% | 23.3% |
| 165th | Gabon | 6.34% | -38.5% |
| 166th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.97% | 76.0% |
| 167th | Algeria | 7.09% | -40.4% |
| 168th | Malaysia | 7.13% | -1.1% |
| 169th | Luxembourg | 7.14% | -13.7% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 7.19% | 305.2% |
| 171st | Ukraine | 7.23% | 95.4% |
| 172nd | Switzerland | 7.44% | 4.0% |
| 173rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7.89% | 28.6% |
| 174th | Russian Federation | 7.95% | -18.5% |
| 175th | Lesotho | 8.19% | 32.1% |
| 176th | Oman | 8.42% | -5.4% |
| 177th | Paraguay | 8.61% | 2,390.7% |
| 178th | Finland | 8.61% | 12.2% |
| 179th | Argentina | 8.97% | 781.7% |
| 180th | Faroe Islands | 9.86% | -21.7% |
| 181st | Kuwait | 11.18% | -53.1% |
| 182nd | Djibouti | 11.83% | -72.6% |
| 183rd | Norway | 12.39% | -21.5% |
| 184th | Singapore | 14.88% | 3.1% |
| 185th | Qatar | 19.78% | -16.6% |
| 186th | Brunei Darussalam | 27.72% | -11.8% |
| 187th | Macao SAR, China | 31.53% | - |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 33.91% | - |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's current account balance in 2002?▾
Kuwait's current account balance in 2002 was 11.18%. This ranked 181st globally.
How did Kuwait's current account balance change in 2002?▾
Kuwait's current account balance decreased by 53.1% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2002?▾
Afghanistan had the highest current account balance in 2002 at 33.91%.
What is the current account balance of Kuwait in 2002?▾
The current account balance of Kuwait in 2002 was 11.18%. This ranked 181st globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Kuwait's current account balance?▾
Kuwait's current account balance went from 23.86% in 2001 to 11.18% in 2002, a 53.1% decrease.
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