Kuwait – Current Account Balance 2007
36.05%
−8.56% from 2006
Kuwait's current account balance was 36.05% in 2007, decreased +8.56% from 44.62% in 2006. This was the 175th highest in the G20.
G20 Ranking – 2007▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | São Tomé and Principe | -43.14% | -6.8% |
| 2nd | Montenegro | -39.81% | – |
| 3rd | Tajikistan | -32.10% | -143.9% |
| 4th | Grenada | -29.29% | 17.2% |
| 5th | Antigua and Barbuda | -28.75% | -44.9% |
| 6th | Bulgaria | -25.74% | -50.9% |
| 7th | Congo, Republic of | -24.00% | -1,659.5% |
| 8th | Latvia | -21.84% | 1.3% |
| 9th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -21.37% | -29.9% |
| 10th | Djibouti | -20.21% | -838.0% |
| 11th | Georgia | -19.58% | -27.3% |
| 12th | St. Lucia | -18.38% | 37.3% |
| 13th | Palau | -18.02% | 28.5% |
| 14th | Seychelles | -18.01% | -45.6% |
| 15th | Dominica | -17.21% | -146.3% |
| 16th | Jordan | -16.80% | -46.6% |
| 17th | Serbia | -16.76% | – |
| 18th | Tonga | -16.50% | -103.4% |
| 19th | Nicaragua | -16.26% | -24.3% |
| 20th | Liberia | -16.25% | -5.2% |
| 21st | Jamaica | -15.92% | -60.6% |
| 22nd | Lithuania | -15.34% | -43.6% |
| 23rd | Tuvalu | -15.34% | -156.4% |
| 24th | Moldova | -15.25% | -34.5% |
| 25th | Estonia | -14.80% | 1.1% |
| 26th | Maldives | -14.39% | 24.9% |
| 27th | Greece | -14.19% | -29.1% |
| 28th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -13.90% | -25.7% |
| 29th | Romania | -13.70% | -28.5% |
| 30th | Iceland | -13.63% | 39.8% |
| 31st | Bahamas, The | -12.39% | 10.3% |
| 32nd | Cabo Verde | -12.01% | -60.8% |
| 33rd | Solomon Islands | -11.53% | -68.7% |
| 34th | Fiji | -11.45% | 30.4% |
| 35th | Albania | -10.35% | -41.2% |
| 36th | Madagascar | -9.89% | -8.0% |
| 37th | Portugal | -9.66% | 5.6% |
| 38th | Ghana | -9.58% | -89.5% |
| 39th | Senegal | -9.38% | -27.3% |
| 40th | Spain | -9.37% | -6.5% |
| 41st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -9.19% | -18.5% |
| 42nd | Honduras | -9.03% | -157.6% |
| 43rd | Viet Nam | -8.98% | -3,540.7% |
| 44th | Burundi | -8.21% | 21.7% |
| 45th | Croatia | -8.02% | -1.7% |
| 46th | Samoa | -7.98% | 48.0% |
| 47th | Tanzania | -7.84% | -32.5% |
| 48th | Cyprus | -7.64% | -19.9% |
| 49th | Australia | -7.55% | -22.3% |
| 50th | Barbados | -7.43% | 29.2% |
| 51st | Armenia | -7.36% | -207.1% |
| 52nd | Burkina Faso | -7.35% | 11.5% |
| 53rd | Hungary | -7.29% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Mozambique | -7.27% | 8.5% |
| 55th | North Macedonia | -7.27% | -1,646.4% |
| 56th | Guinea | -7.24% | -38.0% |
| 57th | West Bank and Gaza | -7.20% | 68.8% |
| 58th | El Salvador | -7.15% | -49.5% |
| 59th | Yemen, Republic of | -6.97% | -745.6% |
| 60th | New Zealand | -6.80% | 3.8% |
| 61st | Poland | -6.68% | -43.8% |
| 62nd | Vanuatu | -6.66% | 2.8% |
| 63rd | Belarus | -6.65% | -77.2% |
| 64th | Benin | -6.55% | -112.0% |
| 65th | Malawi | -6.48% | -23.0% |
| 66th | Lebanon | -6.46% | -27.5% |
| 67th | Gambia, The | -6.19% | 0.5% |
| 68th | Niger | -6.14% | 7.0% |
| 69th | Guyana | -6.07% | 20.1% |
| 70th | Sudan | -6.05% | 57.8% |
| 71st | Mali | -6.00% | -125.2% |
| 72nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -5.99% | 40.7% |
| 73rd | Togo | -5.75% | -8.1% |
| 74th | Costa Rica | -5.57% | -34.9% |
| 75th | Marshall Islands | -5.46% | -26.5% |
| 76th | Panama | -5.43% | -119.0% |
| 77th | Türkiye | -5.39% | 3.2% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | -5.35% | 30.6% |
| 79th | Guatemala | -5.32% | -3.8% |
| 80th | Mauritius | -5.24% | 38.1% |
| 81st | Ireland | -5.13% | -51.4% |
| 82nd | United States | -5.09% | 13.9% |
| 83rd | Dominican Republic | -4.93% | -45.0% |
| 84th | South Africa | -4.86% | -21.5% |
| 85th | Uganda | -4.73% | -48.3% |
| 86th | Czechia | -4.71% | -84.0% |
| 87th | Kazakhstan | -4.55% | -347.6% |
| 88th | Pakistan | -4.51% | -8.2% |
| 89th | Sierra Leone | -4.41% | -51.4% |
| 90th | Sri Lanka | -4.33% | 18.3% |
| 91st | Slovenia | -4.21% | -137.6% |
| 92nd | Cambodia | -4.18% | -49.2% |
| 93rd | Guinea-Bissau | -4.07% | 35.5% |
| 94th | Comoros | -3.97% | -21.4% |
| 95th | United Kingdom | -3.72% | -19.5% |
| 96th | Ukraine | -3.53% | -144.0% |
| 97th | Faroe Islands | -3.44% | -427.2% |
| 98th | New Caledonia | -3.33% | 43.8% |
| 99th | Kenya | -3.23% | -63.4% |
| 100th | Belize | -3.05% | -91.3% |
| 101st | Colombia | -2.98% | -61.3% |
| 102nd | Tunisia | -2.36% | -30.8% |
| 103rd | Malta | -2.01% | 74.4% |
| 104th | Eswatini | -1.93% | 68.4% |
| 105th | Kiribati | -1.82% | 78.9% |
| 106th | Italy | -1.36% | 6.2% |
| 107th | Zambia | -1.24% | -126.7% |
| 108th | Haiti | -0.93% | 16.5% |
| 109th | Uruguay | -0.93% | 53.3% |
| 110th | Mexico | -0.84% | -166.8% |
| 111th | India | -0.66% | 32.9% |
| 112th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.48% | -125.5% |
| 113th | France | -0.33% | -1,579.4% |
| 114th | Brazil | -0.20% | -120.3% |
| 115th | Morocco | -0.14% | -107.5% |
| 116th | Nepal | 0.05% | -96.7% |
| 117th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.32% | -87.1% |
| 118th | Canada | 0.75% | -44.8% |
| 119th | Korea | 0.86% | 348.4% |
| 120th | Bangladesh | 1.08% | -35.4% |
| 121st | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.14% | -58.3% |
| 122nd | Cameroon | 1.20% | 29.2% |
| 123rd | Peru | 1.43% | -55.9% |
| 124th | Belgium | 1.50% | -19.2% |
| 125th | Denmark | 1.51% | -54.7% |
| 126th | Papua New Guinea | 1.89% | -64.1% |
| 127th | Argentina | 2.10% | -24.7% |
| 128th | Israel | 2.15% | -34.5% |
| 129th | Indonesia | 2.43% | -18.5% |
| 130th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.87% | 829.1% |
| 131st | Lao PDR | 3.30% | 51.4% |
| 132nd | Ecuador | 3.78% | -0.6% |
| 133rd | Austria | 3.81% | 15.8% |
| 134th | Mongolia | 4.06% | -62.8% |
| 135th | Finland | 4.08% | 3.5% |
| 136th | French Polynesia | 4.09% | 50.5% |
| 137th | Paraguay | 4.36% | 250.5% |
| 138th | Japan | 4.62% | 21.8% |
| 139th | Chile | 5.06% | -8.0% |
| 140th | Oman | 5.10% | -61.7% |
| 141st | Philippines | 5.17% | -5.1% |
| 142nd | Russian Federation | 5.55% | -40.4% |
| 143rd | Netherlands | 5.86% | -24.4% |
| 144th | Thailand | 5.93% | 467.8% |
| 145th | Luxembourg | 6.55% | -1.5% |
| 146th | Germany | 6.71% | 14.9% |
| 147th | Bhutan | 6.76% | 268.3% |
| 148th | Myanmar | 6.84% | 25.0% |
| 149th | Uzbekistan | 8.11% | -18.8% |
| 150th | Sweden | 8.15% | -0.1% |
| 151st | Namibia | 8.46% | -37.5% |
| 152nd | Switzerland | 8.77% | -31.3% |
| 153rd | Aruba | 9.65% | -23.3% |
| 154th | China | 9.80% | 18.0% |
| 155th | Nigeria | 9.94% | -35.1% |
| 156th | Suriname | 11.05% | 31.6% |
| 157th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.13% | 5.4% |
| 158th | Norway | 12.35% | -23.4% |
| 159th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 13.02% | 2.6% |
| 160th | Bahrain | 13.38% | 13.2% |
| 161st | Angola | 14.49% | -20.5% |
| 162nd | Malaysia | 15.38% | -4.5% |
| 163rd | Botswana | 15.66% | -20.4% |
| 164th | Iraq | 17.47% | 324.4% |
| 165th | Bermuda | 17.97% | -11.8% |
| 166th | Lesotho | 18.14% | 51.2% |
| 167th | Algeria | 21.30% | -9.3% |
| 168th | Macao SAR, China | 21.68% | 45.6% |
| 169th | Gabon | 22.06% | 6.6% |
| 170th | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.87% | -38.5% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 24.55% | -10.6% |
| 172nd | Singapore | 27.14% | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Azerbaijan | 27.29% | 54.4% |
| 174th | Brunei Darussalam | 35.95% | -13.1% |
| 175th | Kuwait | 36.05% | -19.2% |
| 176th | Libya | 41.91% | 13.6% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | 216.88% | 81.9% |
HistorySaid – pattern alert
Kuwait matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2007. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: -7.1%. View full analysis →
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