Kuwait - Current Account Balance 2003
19.69%
+8.52% from 2002
Kuwait's current account balance was 19.69% in 2003, increased +8.52% from 11.18% in 2002. This was the 183rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chad | -33.76% | 47.9% |
| 2nd | Tuvalu | -32.33% | -238.7% |
| 3rd | Azerbaijan | -27.77% | -125.3% |
| 4th | São Tomé and Principe | -27.75% | -33.0% |
| 5th | Palau | -27.59% | 8.2% |
| 6th | West Bank and Gaza | -26.98% | -97.6% |
| 7th | Grenada | -26.36% | -7.3% |
| 8th | Lebanon | -25.59% | -6.4% |
| 9th | Bhutan | -22.34% | -43.0% |
| 10th | St. Lucia | -20.93% | -18.7% |
| 11th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -19.19% | -8.4% |
| 12th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -17.74% | 11.2% |
| 13th | Belize | -14.09% | -6.0% |
| 14th | Liberia | -14.02% | -409.5% |
| 15th | Zambia | -13.53% | -11.4% |
| 16th | Nicaragua | -13.26% | 11.7% |
| 17th | Estonia | -12.92% | -16.8% |
| 18th | Mozambique | -12.40% | 15.1% |
| 19th | Cabo Verde | -11.13% | -39.5% |
| 20th | Iraq | -10.65% | -480.8% |
| 21st | Georgia | -9.58% | -54.2% |
| 22nd | Solomon Islands | -9.56% | -125.8% |
| 23rd | Antigua and Barbuda | -9.16% | 2.8% |
| 24th | Croatia | -9.11% | -42.6% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | -8.99% | 0.1% |
| 26th | Kiribati | -8.72% | 23.5% |
| 27th | Mauritania | -8.55% | -534.1% |
| 28th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -8.41% | -130.5% |
| 29th | Hungary | -8.26% | -30.3% |
| 30th | Jamaica | -8.20% | 23.9% |
| 31st | Aruba | -8.10% | 52.3% |
| 32nd | Burkina Faso | -7.77% | 6.2% |
| 33rd | Latvia | -7.55% | -12.9% |
| 34th | Vanuatu | -7.04% | -15.9% |
| 35th | Albania | -7.01% | 31.0% |
| 36th | Montenegro | -6.88% | 40.3% |
| 37th | Lithuania | -6.80% | -32.3% |
| 38th | Honduras | -6.72% | -87.4% |
| 39th | Portugal | -6.67% | 20.5% |
| 40th | Moldova | -6.57% | -451.6% |
| 41st | Greece | -6.51% | -1.1% |
| 42nd | Serbia | -6.46% | -82.9% |
| 43rd | Niger | -6.46% | -8.1% |
| 44th | Tonga | -6.34% | 18.3% |
| 45th | Australia | -6.26% | -64.7% |
| 46th | Benin | -6.21% | -65.8% |
| 47th | Mongolia | -6.18% | 17.9% |
| 48th | Armenia | -6.18% | 0.6% |
| 49th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -6.05% | 40.4% |
| 50th | Dominica | -6.05% | 57.5% |
| 51st | Guyana | -6.00% | -87.9% |
| 52nd | Barbados | -5.86% | -21.9% |
| 53rd | Czechia | -5.76% | -14.2% |
| 54th | Romania | -5.73% | -114.1% |
| 55th | Togo | -5.43% | 10.8% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | -5.34% | -6,455.1% |
| 57th | Malawi | -5.33% | 44.5% |
| 58th | El Salvador | -5.30% | -65.7% |
| 59th | Costa Rica | -5.21% | -0.4% |
| 60th | Madagascar | -5.15% | 42.3% |
| 61st | Suriname | -5.05% | 63.0% |
| 62nd | Senegal | -4.99% | -8.0% |
| 63rd | Rwanda | -4.92% | 29.2% |
| 64th | Viet Nam | -4.88% | -247.0% |
| 65th | Mali | -4.84% | -136.8% |
| 66th | Bulgaria | -4.83% | -673.4% |
| 67th | Guatemala | -4.82% | 16.3% |
| 68th | Iceland | -4.81% | -477.6% |
| 69th | Cambodia | -4.63% | -114.4% |
| 70th | United States | -4.56% | -9.2% |
| 71st | Sudan | -4.40% | 18.1% |
| 72nd | Panama | -4.23% | -411.9% |
| 73rd | Sierra Leone | -3.87% | -5.0% |
| 74th | Spain | -3.81% | -4.0% |
| 75th | Samoa | -3.77% | 54.6% |
| 76th | North Macedonia | -3.75% | 58.0% |
| 77th | Cameroon | -3.74% | -5.4% |
| 78th | Guinea | -3.69% | -45,983.4% |
| 79th | Angola | -3.54% | -308.0% |
| 80th | Comoros | -3.37% | -971.4% |
| 81st | Burundi | -3.05% | 73.3% |
| 82nd | Maldives | -2.97% | 30.8% |
| 83rd | Malta | -2.88% | -388.7% |
| 84th | Tunisia | -2.66% | 32.2% |
| 85th | Belarus | -2.56% | -18.6% |
| 86th | Poland | -2.50% | 9.8% |
| 87th | French Polynesia | -2.42% | -1,681.8% |
| 88th | New Zealand | -2.41% | -13.1% |
| 89th | Türkiye | -2.40% | -814.2% |
| 90th | Eritrea | -2.35% | -3,254.3% |
| 91st | Fiji | -2.28% | -404.7% |
| 92nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -2.20% | -177.8% |
| 93rd | Central African Republic | -2.13% | -28.3% |
| 94th | Cyprus | -2.01% | 41.7% |
| 95th | United Kingdom | -1.82% | 7.7% |
| 96th | Peru | -1.62% | 20.5% |
| 97th | Lesotho | -1.49% | -123.4% |
| 98th | Lao PDR | -1.47% | 84.3% |
| 99th | Ecuador | -1.25% | 72.3% |
| 100th | Seychelles | -1.25% | 91.4% |
| 101st | Tanzania | -1.15% | 13.7% |
| 102nd | Colombia | -0.96% | 27.2% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | -0.88% | 78.7% |
| 104th | Haiti | -0.88% | 39.8% |
| 105th | South Africa | -0.78% | -197.0% |
| 106th | Italy | -0.77% | -54.5% |
| 107th | New Caledonia | -0.76% | 73.6% |
| 108th | Slovenia | -0.73% | -183.0% |
| 109th | Uruguay | -0.72% | -125.8% |
| 110th | Marshall Islands | -0.72% | -112.2% |
| 111th | Slovak Republic | -0.60% | 92.1% |
| 112th | Uganda | -0.58% | 67.8% |
| 113th | Israel | -0.55% | 71.3% |
| 114th | Mexico | -0.53% | 65.5% |
| 115th | Zimbabwe | -0.49% | -131.0% |
| 116th | Faroe Islands | -0.44% | -104.4% |
| 117th | Sri Lanka | -0.37% | 67.9% |
| 118th | Tajikistan | -0.31% | 75.5% |
| 119th | Myanmar | -0.18% | 88.5% |
| 120th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.05% | 98.4% |
| 121st | Chile | 0.21% | 131.4% |
| 122nd | Bangladesh | 0.22% | -9.2% |
| 123rd | Paraguay | 0.22% | -97.4% |
| 124th | Philippines | 0.33% | 198.0% |
| 125th | Brazil | 0.39% | 121.3% |
| 126th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.42% | -80.9% |
| 127th | Ireland | 0.49% | 99.2% |
| 128th | Gambia, The | 0.54% | 114.7% |
| 129th | France | 0.87% | -24.3% |
| 130th | Kenya | 0.89% | 243.8% |
| 131st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.94% | 121.2% |
| 132nd | Canada | 1.16% | -32.9% |
| 133rd | Ghana | 1.33% | 292.8% |
| 134th | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.39% | -69.0% |
| 135th | India | 1.44% | 17.2% |
| 136th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.50% | -63.9% |
| 137th | Germany | 1.53% | -21.6% |
| 138th | Korea | 1.55% | 148.0% |
| 139th | Austria | 1.56% | -26.5% |
| 140th | Mauritius | 1.58% | -67.5% |
| 141st | Bahrain | 1.81% | 425.5% |
| 142nd | China | 2.56% | 7.3% |
| 143rd | Morocco | 2.73% | -15.6% |
| 144th | Nepal | 2.85% | -16.3% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 2.86% | -60.2% |
| 146th | Japan | 3.08% | 18.2% |
| 147th | Thailand | 3.13% | -9.6% |
| 148th | Pakistan | 3.18% | 10.2% |
| 149th | Denmark | 3.19% | 6.4% |
| 150th | Nigeria | 3.24% | 295.7% |
| 151st | Belgium | 3.40% | -24.5% |
| 152nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.45% | -30.0% |
| 153rd | Indonesia | 3.45% | -6.1% |
| 154th | Papua New Guinea | 4.02% | 185.2% |
| 155th | Eswatini | 4.16% | 74.2% |
| 156th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.66% | 585.6% |
| 157th | Dominican Republic | 4.84% | 265.3% |
| 158th | Finland | 4.98% | -36.4% |
| 159th | Uzbekistan | 5.06% | 121.4% |
| 160th | Netherlands | 5.13% | 121.0% |
| 161st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 5.32% | 10.9% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 5.39% | 113.3% |
| 163rd | Ukraine | 5.58% | -25.6% |
| 164th | United Arab Emirates | 5.78% | 74.4% |
| 165th | Sweden | 5.86% | 34.6% |
| 166th | Oman | 5.88% | -20.2% |
| 167th | Argentina | 6.38% | -16.8% |
| 168th | Luxembourg | 7.24% | -4.9% |
| 169th | Russian Federation | 7.70% | 3.7% |
| 170th | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.71% | 943.1% |
| 171st | Botswana | 9.54% | 95.5% |
| 172nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 10.79% | 36.7% |
| 173rd | Switzerland | 11.28% | 54.5% |
| 174th | Jordan | 11.76% | 133.6% |
| 175th | Gabon | 11.76% | 85.5% |
| 176th | Algeria | 11.99% | 69.2% |
| 177th | Norway | 12.07% | -2.9% |
| 178th | Malaysia | 12.14% | 85.5% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 12.71% | -75.3% |
| 180th | Libya | 12.95% | 284.1% |
| 181st | Saudi Arabia | 13.00% | 107.5% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | 14.89% | 157.9% |
| 183rd | Kuwait | 19.69% | 76.3% |
| 184th | Qatar | 24.26% | 22.7% |
| 185th | Singapore | 24.30% | 63.4% |
| 186th | Afghanistan | 29.62% | -12.7% |
| 187th | Macao SAR, China | 30.62% | -2.9% |
| 188th | Brunei Darussalam | 34.66% | 27.8% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's current account balance in 2003?▾
Kuwait's current account balance in 2003 was 19.69%. This ranked 183rd globally.
How did Kuwait's current account balance change in 2003?▾
Kuwait's current account balance increased by 76.3% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2003?▾
Brunei Darussalam had the highest current account balance in 2003 at 34.66%.
What is the current account balance of Kuwait in 2003?▾
The current account balance of Kuwait in 2003 was 19.69%. This ranked 183rd globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Kuwait's current account balance?▾
Kuwait's current account balance went from 11.18% in 2002 to 19.69% in 2003, a 76.3% increase.
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