Kuwait - Current Account Balance 2013
39.90%
−5.56% from 2012
Kuwait's current account balance was 39.90% in 2013, decreased +5.56% from 45.46% in 2012. This was the 192nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mongolia | -37.61% | 14.2% |
| 2nd | Mozambique | -36.36% | 10.6% |
| 3rd | Liberia | -32.82% | -57.2% |
| 4th | Djibouti | -30.75% | -31.8% |
| 5th | São Tomé and Principe | -30.43% | -27.4% |
| 6th | Lebanon | -25.51% | -8.8% |
| 7th | Afghanistan | -25.29% | -332.8% |
| 8th | Curaçao | -25.19% | 15.2% |
| 9th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -24.73% | 2.3% |
| 10th | Bhutan | -24.29% | -23.0% |
| 11th | New Caledonia | -17.77% | 11.3% |
| 12th | Mauritania | -17.47% | 7.1% |
| 13th | Dominica | -17.08% | 1.4% |
| 14th | Grenada | -17.06% | -13.9% |
| 15th | Papua New Guinea | -16.23% | 18.8% |
| 16th | Marshall Islands | -15.51% | -279.8% |
| 17th | Malawi | -15.39% | -121.8% |
| 18th | West Bank and Gaza | -14.77% | 1.0% |
| 19th | Bahamas, The | -14.26% | 0.2% |
| 20th | Guinea | -14.20% | 27.9% |
| 21st | Zimbabwe | -13.87% | -47.2% |
| 22nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -13.78% | 10.8% |
| 23rd | Sudan | -13.53% | -5.8% |
| 24th | Palau | -13.03% | 32.8% |
| 25th | Nicaragua | -12.57% | -7.2% |
| 26th | Seychelles | -11.90% | 21.5% |
| 27th | Aruba | -11.81% | -428.0% |
| 28th | Montenegro | -11.57% | 24.6% |
| 29th | Niger | -11.25% | -3.7% |
| 30th | Guyana | -10.94% | -47.2% |
| 31st | Tanzania | -10.93% | 5.5% |
| 32nd | Turkmenistan | -10.82% | -494.3% |
| 33rd | Lesotho | -10.76% | 14.5% |
| 34th | Burundi | -10.54% | 46.6% |
| 35th | Tajikistan | -10.47% | -16.7% |
| 36th | Jordan | -10.17% | 31.7% |
| 37th | Belarus | -10.02% | -253.3% |
| 38th | Burkina Faso | -10.01% | -674.6% |
| 39th | Sierra Leone | -9.82% | 53.4% |
| 40th | Fiji | -9.71% | -873.1% |
| 41st | Honduras | -9.53% | -11.6% |
| 42nd | Jamaica | -9.51% | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Tonga | -9.47% | 42.2% |
| 44th | Togo | -9.44% | -100.3% |
| 45th | Albania | -9.26% | 9.2% |
| 46th | Ghana | -9.08% | -3.1% |
| 47th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -8.91% | -112.2% |
| 48th | Antigua and Barbuda | -8.78% | -8.3% |
| 49th | Panama | -8.70% | 2.4% |
| 50th | Ukraine | -8.67% | -6.5% |
| 51st | Senegal | -8.19% | 6.5% |
| 52nd | Tunisia | -7.97% | 8.3% |
| 53rd | Kenya | -7.85% | -5.1% |
| 54th | Lao PDR | -7.83% | -6.7% |
| 55th | Rwanda | -7.48% | 22.7% |
| 56th | Armenia | -7.32% | 26.6% |
| 57th | Gambia, The | -7.06% | -57.6% |
| 58th | El Salvador | -6.90% | -19.1% |
| 59th | Morocco | -6.78% | 22.9% |
| 60th | Cambodia | -6.54% | 5.8% |
| 61st | St. Lucia | -6.53% | 34.9% |
| 62nd | Madagascar | -6.51% | 12.8% |
| 63rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -6.34% | - |
| 64th | Uganda | -6.06% | -13.2% |
| 65th | Mauritius | -6.03% | 13.8% |
| 66th | Samoa | -5.61% | 13.5% |
| 67th | Serbia | -5.54% | 46.6% |
| 68th | Georgia | -5.45% | 51.1% |
| 69th | Benin | -5.38% | -3.9% |
| 70th | South Africa | -5.34% | -13.8% |
| 71st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -5.33% | 38.2% |
| 72nd | Cabo Verde | -5.29% | 53.9% |
| 73rd | Moldova | -5.16% | 30.1% |
| 74th | Türkiye | -5.13% | -8.3% |
| 75th | Kiribati | -5.02% | -387.3% |
| 76th | Peru | -4.85% | -69.2% |
| 77th | Chile | -4.78% | 10.3% |
| 78th | Costa Rica | -4.77% | 6.5% |
| 79th | Guinea-Bissau | -4.73% | 40.3% |
| 80th | United Kingdom | -4.63% | -47.2% |
| 81st | Barbados | -4.46% | 40.4% |
| 82nd | Guatemala | -4.22% | -14.1% |
| 83rd | Dominican Republic | -4.11% | 37.3% |
| 84th | Comoros | -4.04% | -24.6% |
| 85th | South Sudan | -3.89% | 75.6% |
| 86th | Maldives | -3.87% | 41.8% |
| 87th | Suriname | -3.81% | -225.1% |
| 88th | Yemen, Republic of | -3.79% | -121.3% |
| 89th | Haiti | -3.76% | -19.7% |
| 90th | Chad | -3.60% | -82.7% |
| 91st | Kosovo | -3.58% | 41.9% |
| 92nd | Brazil | -3.57% | 5.0% |
| 93rd | Belize | -3.57% | -106.5% |
| 94th | Cameroon | -3.34% | -5.6% |
| 95th | Sri Lanka | -3.30% | 41.7% |
| 96th | Uruguay | -3.29% | 9.7% |
| 97th | Australia | -3.24% | 25.6% |
| 98th | Colombia | -3.24% | -3.1% |
| 99th | Indonesia | -3.19% | -19.9% |
| 100th | Canada | -3.15% | 11.0% |
| 101st | New Zealand | -3.06% | 22.2% |
| 102nd | Solomon Islands | -3.00% | -234.2% |
| 103rd | Central African Republic | -2.94% | 47.4% |
| 104th | Latvia | -2.89% | 25.5% |
| 105th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -2.86% | 8.4% |
| 106th | India | -2.65% | 45.0% |
| 107th | Equatorial Guinea | -2.40% | -113.1% |
| 108th | Mexico | -2.39% | -69.8% |
| 109th | Mali | -2.38% | -8.5% |
| 110th | Argentina | -2.38% | -544.3% |
| 111th | Thailand | -2.10% | -70.6% |
| 112th | Greece | -2.09% | 19.4% |
| 113th | United States | -2.02% | 21.7% |
| 114th | Poland | -1.98% | 51.6% |
| 115th | Finland | -1.88% | 15.9% |
| 116th | Pakistan | -1.71% | 8.4% |
| 117th | North Macedonia | -1.64% | 48.2% |
| 118th | Cyprus | -1.50% | 59.8% |
| 119th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.48% | -70.9% |
| 120th | Namibia | -1.46% | 83.0% |
| 121st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.23% | 64.4% |
| 122nd | Romania | -1.14% | 75.5% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | -0.97% | -478.5% |
| 124th | Croatia | -0.86% | 51.3% |
| 125th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.69% | 94.9% |
| 126th | Vanuatu | -0.68% | 89.9% |
| 127th | Myanmar | -0.64% | 64.9% |
| 128th | France | -0.60% | 71.9% |
| 129th | Zambia | -0.58% | -111.8% |
| 130th | Czechia | -0.52% | 66.2% |
| 131st | Estonia | -0.13% | 92.9% |
| 132nd | Libya | 0.01% | -100.0% |
| 133rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.42% | -95.5% |
| 134th | Algeria | 0.52% | -90.4% |
| 135th | Paraguay | 0.87% | 147.8% |
| 136th | Japan | 0.89% | -6.4% |
| 137th | Belgium | 0.97% | 1,296.4% |
| 138th | Italy | 1.04% | 616.5% |
| 139th | Bulgaria | 1.22% | 243.5% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | 1.37% | 590.1% |
| 141st | Russian Federation | 1.46% | -55.2% |
| 142nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.52% | -3.7% |
| 143rd | China | 1.52% | -38.7% |
| 144th | Portugal | 1.54% | 203.4% |
| 145th | Lithuania | 1.71% | 208.1% |
| 146th | Austria | 1.75% | 17.5% |
| 147th | Uzbekistan | 1.80% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Kazakhstan | 1.91% | 51.4% |
| 149th | Spain | 2.08% | 1,232.0% |
| 150th | Israel | 2.24% | 834.5% |
| 151st | Eritrea | 2.28% | -81.7% |
| 152nd | Ireland | 2.40% | 171.4% |
| 153rd | Malta | 2.50% | 53.5% |
| 154th | Tuvalu | 2.85% | 104.2% |
| 155th | Slovak Republic | 2.91% | 213.6% |
| 156th | Hungary | 2.99% | 163.3% |
| 157th | French Polynesia | 3.27% | 138.5% |
| 158th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.44% | -52.4% |
| 159th | Malaysia | 3.47% | -32.0% |
| 160th | Slovenia | 3.52% | 149.4% |
| 161st | Viet Nam | 3.62% | -23.7% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | 3.66% | 38.7% |
| 163rd | Philippines | 4.01% | 51.1% |
| 164th | Botswana | 4.53% | 176.8% |
| 165th | Sweden | 4.71% | -14.4% |
| 166th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.08% | 5.8% |
| 167th | Luxembourg | 5.20% | 4.3% |
| 168th | Nepal | 5.23% | 24.9% |
| 169th | Korea | 5.39% | 47.4% |
| 170th | Angola | 5.47% | -43.3% |
| 171st | Oman | 5.88% | -34.6% |
| 172nd | Germany | 6.73% | -6.4% |
| 173rd | Iceland | 6.82% | 334.0% |
| 174th | Iraq | 6.86% | 6.5% |
| 175th | Bahrain | 7.12% | -11.7% |
| 176th | Denmark | 7.38% | 21.8% |
| 177th | Netherlands | 7.90% | 5.1% |
| 178th | Gabon | 8.31% | -27.8% |
| 179th | Norway | 10.16% | -24.9% |
| 180th | Switzerland | 10.28% | 9.0% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | 10.79% | -21.0% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 10.91% | 110.8% |
| 183rd | Bermuda | 13.00% | -10.5% |
| 184th | Singapore | 15.71% | -11.0% |
| 185th | Azerbaijan | 16.49% | -22.9% |
| 186th | United Arab Emirates | 17.87% | -4.0% |
| 187th | Saudi Arabia | 18.33% | -20.7% |
| 188th | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.51% | 37.0% |
| 189th | Brunei Darussalam | 20.88% | -30.0% |
| 190th | Qatar | 30.42% | -8.3% |
| 191st | Macao SAR, China | 39.32% | 1.2% |
| 192nd | Kuwait | 39.90% | -12.2% |
| 193rd | Nauru | 48.58% | 41.2% |
| 194th | Timor-Leste | 171.24% | -25.0% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's current account balance in 2013?▾
Kuwait's current account balance in 2013 was 39.90%. This ranked 192nd globally.
How did Kuwait's current account balance change in 2013?▾
Kuwait's current account balance decreased by 12.2% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2013?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest current account balance in 2013 at 171.24%.
What is the current account balance of Kuwait in 2013?▾
The current account balance of Kuwait in 2013 was 39.90%. This ranked 192nd globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Kuwait's current account balance?▾
Kuwait's current account balance went from 45.46% in 2012 to 39.90% in 2013, a 12.2% decrease.
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