Kuwait – Current Account Balance 2017
6.43%
+5.84% from 2016
Kuwait's current account balance was 6.43% in 2017, increased +5.84% from 0.59% in 2016. This was the 167th highest in the G20.
G20 Ranking – 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lebanon | -22.88% | -11.7% |
| 2nd | São Tomé and Principe | -22.72% | -8.0% |
| 3rd | Palau | -22.69% | -41.8% |
| 4th | Curaçao | -22.41% | -15.8% |
| 5th | Timor-Leste | -21.39% | 34.2% |
| 6th | Maldives | -21.27% | 9.2% |
| 7th | Bhutan | -20.85% | 21.0% |
| 8th | Afghanistan | -18.96% | -26.8% |
| 9th | Mozambique | -17.94% | 46.8% |
| 10th | Malawi | -17.42% | -37.0% |
| 11th | Cayman Islands | -16.87% | -17.2% |
| 12th | Liberia | -16.68% | -105.4% |
| 13th | Montenegro | -15.85% | 2.4% |
| 14th | Oman | -13.61% | 18.0% |
| 15th | West Bank and Gaza | -13.21% | 5.0% |
| 16th | Burundi | -13.19% | -5.4% |
| 17th | Bahamas, The | -12.65% | -111.5% |
| 18th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -11.89% | 9.1% |
| 19th | Sierra Leone | -11.82% | -144.7% |
| 20th | Algeria | -11.62% | 19.8% |
| 21st | Grenada | -11.46% | -29.5% |
| 22nd | Niger | -11.39% | -0.3% |
| 23rd | Sudan | -11.17% | -13.0% |
| 24th | Jordan | -10.56% | -9.3% |
| 25th | Mauritania | -10.43% | 5.6% |
| 26th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -10.25% | 15.1% |
| 27th | Dominica | -10.21% | -20.8% |
| 28th | Mongolia | -10.06% | -60.8% |
| 29th | Tunisia | -10.01% | -17.4% |
| 30th | Rwanda | -9.46% | 38.2% |
| 31st | Lesotho | -9.01% | 14.2% |
| 32nd | Vanuatu | -8.05% | 8.1% |
| 33rd | Georgia | -7.95% | 35.0% |
| 34th | Antigua and Barbuda | -7.70% | -222.4% |
| 35th | Tonga | -7.60% | 7.9% |
| 36th | Myanmar | -7.44% | -145.5% |
| 37th | Albania | -7.41% | 1.4% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | -7.38% | 15.2% |
| 39th | Senegal | -7.27% | -74.0% |
| 40th | Nicaragua | -7.16% | 15.6% |
| 41st | Kenya | -7.00% | -29.6% |
| 42nd | Cabo Verde | -6.99% | -101.7% |
| 43rd | Belize | -6.97% | 4.4% |
| 44th | Kyrgyz Republic | -6.95% | 40.2% |
| 45th | Fiji | -6.64% | -84.1% |
| 46th | Mali | -6.62% | -9.2% |
| 47th | Burkina Faso | -6.35% | -4.5% |
| 48th | Gambia, The | -6.33% | -23.4% |
| 49th | Cambodia | -6.16% | 5.7% |
| 50th | Moldova | -5.84% | -61.5% |
| 51st | Panama | -5.82% | 22.8% |
| 52nd | Kosovo | -5.26% | 33.7% |
| 53rd | Barbados | -5.22% | 34.6% |
| 54th | Serbia | -5.05% | -79.3% |
| 55th | Cyprus | -4.91% | -26.9% |
| 56th | Uganda | -4.88% | -79.1% |
| 57th | Argentina | -4.84% | -78.6% |
| 58th | Djibouti | -4.80% | -379.3% |
| 59th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -4.78% | -1.7% |
| 60th | Pakistan | -4.77% | -108.0% |
| 61st | Mauritius | -4.41% | -14.4% |
| 62nd | Bahrain | -4.30% | 2.4% |
| 63rd | Solomon Islands | -4.27% | -20.8% |
| 64th | Benin | -4.18% | -39.5% |
| 65th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -4.13% | 26.4% |
| 66th | Türkiye | -4.07% | -59.8% |
| 67th | Costa Rica | -3.62% | -69.3% |
| 68th | Nepal | -3.56% | -420.8% |
| 69th | United Kingdom | -3.47% | 36.4% |
| 70th | Ghana | -3.32% | 34.3% |
| 71st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -3.31% | 15.1% |
| 72nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -3.20% | 48.1% |
| 73rd | Romania | -3.19% | -51.9% |
| 74th | Colombia | -3.18% | 28.5% |
| 75th | Morocco | -3.10% | 17.2% |
| 76th | Ukraine | -3.10% | -55.0% |
| 77th | Australia | -2.99% | 17.0% |
| 78th | New Zealand | -2.92% | -35.5% |
| 79th | Canada | -2.80% | 9.4% |
| 80th | Tanzania | -2.77% | -13.4% |
| 81st | Chile | -2.76% | -5.2% |
| 82nd | Cameroon | -2.63% | 14.2% |
| 83rd | Guyana | -2.56% | -175.9% |
| 84th | Jamaica | -2.52% | -763.3% |
| 85th | Sri Lanka | -2.45% | -23.6% |
| 86th | South Africa | -2.37% | 9.8% |
| 87th | Seychelles | -2.20% | 15.7% |
| 88th | Haiti | -2.15% | -27.3% |
| 89th | Comoros | -2.13% | 51.0% |
| 90th | Kazakhstan | -2.05% | 59.5% |
| 91st | Bangladesh | -2.04% | -680.2% |
| 92nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -2.00% | -133.4% |
| 93rd | St. Lucia | -1.91% | 69.9% |
| 94th | United States | -1.89% | 10.9% |
| 95th | El Salvador | -1.86% | 18.2% |
| 96th | Greece | -1.80% | -6.6% |
| 97th | Mexico | -1.80% | 20.9% |
| 98th | Belarus | -1.74% | 48.5% |
| 99th | Slovak Republic | -1.72% | -21.2% |
| 100th | Zambia | -1.68% | 63.1% |
| 101st | Indonesia | -1.59% | 12.3% |
| 102nd | Togo | -1.51% | 79.0% |
| 103rd | India | -1.44% | -172.7% |
| 104th | Armenia | -1.26% | -31.8% |
| 105th | Honduras | -1.25% | 60.4% |
| 106th | Brazil | -1.22% | 28.0% |
| 107th | Poland | -1.19% | -11.0% |
| 108th | Samoa | -1.07% | 76.5% |
| 109th | Peru | -0.95% | 58.5% |
| 110th | Angola | -0.75% | 85.4% |
| 111th | Philippines | -0.65% | -73.4% |
| 112th | Finland | -0.61% | 69.0% |
| 113th | North Macedonia | -0.59% | 78.0% |
| 114th | Viet Nam | -0.59% | -341.1% |
| 115th | Zimbabwe | -0.53% | 84.3% |
| 116th | France | -0.47% | 11.9% |
| 117th | San Marino | -0.39% | – |
| 118th | Ecuador | -0.39% | -142.1% |
| 119th | Madagascar | -0.23% | -160.5% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | -0.17% | 84.4% |
| 121st | Namibia | -0.14% | -732.8% |
| 122nd | Uruguay | 0.01% | -98.6% |
| 123rd | Guinea-Bissau | 0.26% | -80.6% |
| 124th | Belgium | 0.70% | 25.9% |
| 125th | Lithuania | 1.09% | 207.1% |
| 126th | Aruba | 1.12% | -76.3% |
| 127th | Guatemala | 1.20% | 24.0% |
| 128th | Saudi Arabia | 1.23% | 131.3% |
| 129th | Austria | 1.24% | -51.6% |
| 130th | Czechia | 1.35% | -22.6% |
| 131st | China | 1.50% | -9.9% |
| 132nd | Latvia | 1.53% | -12.7% |
| 133rd | Portugal | 1.56% | 9.7% |
| 134th | Ireland | 1.65% | 238.4% |
| 135th | Estonia | 1.70% | 70.6% |
| 136th | Hungary | 1.72% | -60.9% |
| 137th | Suriname | 1.93% | 139.8% |
| 138th | Russian Federation | 2.04% | 6.7% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | 2.07% | -93.0% |
| 140th | Tajikistan | 2.11% | 140.3% |
| 141st | Uzbekistan | 2.12% | 756.5% |
| 142nd | Sweden | 2.19% | 8.9% |
| 143rd | Italy | 2.48% | 0.7% |
| 144th | Malaysia | 2.81% | 18.6% |
| 145th | Spain | 2.83% | -10.4% |
| 146th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.92% | -85.8% |
| 147th | Israel | 3.15% | -0.5% |
| 148th | Bulgaria | 3.25% | 4.6% |
| 149th | Paraguay | 3.36% | -27.0% |
| 150th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.48% | 286.9% |
| 151st | Nigeria | 3.61% | 187.7% |
| 152nd | Qatar | 3.99% | 173.2% |
| 153rd | Croatia | 4.05% | 64.5% |
| 154th | Japan | 4.12% | 4.6% |
| 155th | Azerbaijan | 4.12% | 214.5% |
| 156th | Korea | 4.40% | -29.1% |
| 157th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.58% | 15.8% |
| 158th | Iceland | 4.93% | -45.8% |
| 159th | Guinea | 5.03% | 115.8% |
| 160th | Switzerland | 5.32% | -26.4% |
| 161st | Norway | 5.39% | 35.4% |
| 162nd | Botswana | 5.59% | -29.9% |
| 163rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.91% | 279.9% |
| 164th | Marshall Islands | 6.05% | 175.3% |
| 165th | Eswatini | 6.11% | -23.5% |
| 166th | Luxembourg | 6.18% | -16.7% |
| 167th | Kuwait | 6.43% | 995.8% |
| 168th | Libya | 6.59% | 169.9% |
| 169th | Slovenia | 6.82% | 28.9% |
| 170th | Denmark | 7.43% | 3.9% |
| 171st | Iraq | 7.95% | 514.7% |
| 172nd | Netherlands | 8.05% | 12.6% |
| 173rd | Germany | 8.08% | -9.3% |
| 174th | South Sudan | 8.31% | 244.0% |
| 175th | Thailand | 9.63% | -8.3% |
| 176th | Nauru | 12.90% | 505.3% |
| 177th | Bermuda | 13.16% | 7.4% |
| 178th | Papua New Guinea | 15.90% | 16.7% |
| 179th | Brunei Darussalam | 16.36% | 26.9% |
| 180th | Singapore | 18.60% | 3.3% |
| 181st | Malta | 19.16% | 3,571.8% |
| 182nd | Macao SAR, China | 30.75% | 15.6% |
| 183rd | Kiribati | 31.63% | 239.8% |
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