Myanmar – Current Account Balance 2008
3.91%
−2.93% from 2007
Myanmar's current account balance was 3.91% in 2008, decreased +2.93% from 6.84% in 2007. This was the 144th highest globally.
Global Ranking – 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | São Tomé and Principe | -49.73% | -15.3% |
| 2nd | Montenegro | -49.70% | -24.9% |
| 3rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -31.39% | -46.9% |
| 4th | Maldives | -26.93% | -87.1% |
| 5th | Seychelles | -26.84% | -49.1% |
| 6th | Grenada | -26.31% | 10.2% |
| 7th | Dominica | -24.52% | -42.5% |
| 8th | St. Lucia | -24.24% | -31.9% |
| 9th | Vanuatu | -23.97% | -259.6% |
| 10th | Iceland | -22.95% | -68.4% |
| 11th | Djibouti | -22.56% | -11.6% |
| 12th | Georgia | -21.97% | -12.2% |
| 13th | Bulgaria | -21.80% | 15.3% |
| 14th | Antigua and Barbuda | -21.64% | 24.7% |
| 15th | Liberia | -20.53% | -26.3% |
| 16th | Tajikistan | -20.51% | 36.1% |
| 17th | Jamaica | -20.37% | -28.0% |
| 18th | Serbia | -19.43% | -15.9% |
| 19th | Tonga | -18.21% | -10.4% |
| 20th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -17.19% | -23.7% |
| 21st | Nicaragua | -17.07% | -5.0% |
| 22nd | Palau | -17.02% | 5.6% |
| 23rd | Moldova | -16.11% | -5.7% |
| 24th | Burundi | -16.09% | -96.1% |
| 25th | New Caledonia | -15.65% | -369.4% |
| 26th | Madagascar | -15.64% | -58.2% |
| 27th | Honduras | -15.34% | -69.9% |
| 28th | Albania | -15.18% | -46.7% |
| 29th | Fiji | -14.94% | -30.4% |
| 30th | Greece | -14.61% | -3.0% |
| 31st | Cyprus | -14.44% | -89.1% |
| 32nd | Armenia | -14.22% | -93.4% |
| 33rd | Lebanon | -14.09% | -118.0% |
| 34th | Kyrgyz Republic | -13.88% | -131.8% |
| 35th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -13.83% | -50.5% |
| 36th | Lithuania | -13.59% | 11.5% |
| 37th | Latvia | -13.13% | 39.9% |
| 38th | Kosovo | -13.08% | – |
| 39th | North Macedonia | -12.47% | -71.6% |
| 40th | Mongolia | -12.28% | -402.8% |
| 41st | Portugal | -11.86% | -22.8% |
| 42nd | Romania | -11.66% | 14.9% |
| 43rd | Tuvalu | -11.63% | 24.2% |
| 44th | Bahamas, The | -11.61% | 6.3% |
| 45th | Ghana | -11.60% | -21.1% |
| 46th | Senegal | -11.22% | -19.7% |
| 47th | Croatia | -10.93% | -36.3% |
| 48th | Viet Nam | -10.92% | -21.6% |
| 49th | Guyana | -10.62% | -75.1% |
| 50th | Cabo Verde | -10.47% | 12.8% |
| 51st | Solomon Islands | -10.25% | 11.1% |
| 52nd | Burkina Faso | -10.23% | -39.1% |
| 53rd | Mauritius | -9.63% | -83.8% |
| 54th | Sri Lanka | -9.54% | -120.4% |
| 55th | Dominican Republic | -9.40% | -90.7% |
| 56th | Mali | -9.32% | -55.3% |
| 57th | Tanzania | -9.22% | -17.6% |
| 58th | Jordan | -9.07% | 46.0% |
| 59th | Barbados | -9.02% | -21.4% |
| 60th | Niger | -8.96% | -46.1% |
| 61st | Malawi | -8.95% | -38.2% |
| 62nd | Panama | -8.89% | -63.7% |
| 63rd | Mozambique | -8.88% | -22.1% |
| 64th | Estonia | -8.86% | 40.2% |
| 65th | Spain | -8.82% | 5.9% |
| 66th | Bhutan | -8.54% | -226.2% |
| 67th | El Salvador | -8.52% | -19.1% |
| 68th | Uganda | -8.48% | -79.2% |
| 69th | Samoa | -8.46% | -6.0% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | -8.38% | -50.3% |
| 71st | Belize | -8.33% | -173.0% |
| 72nd | Belarus | -8.16% | -22.7% |
| 73rd | Pakistan | -7.74% | -71.7% |
| 74th | New Zealand | -7.69% | -13.2% |
| 75th | Comoros | -7.53% | -89.6% |
| 76th | Hungary | -7.27% | 0.2% |
| 77th | Eswatini | -7.15% | -269.7% |
| 78th | Ukraine | -6.79% | -92.5% |
| 79th | Poland | -6.75% | -0.9% |
| 80th | Cambodia | -6.74% | -61.1% |
| 81st | Guinea | -6.29% | 13.0% |
| 82nd | Slovak Republic | -6.22% | -16.2% |
| 83rd | French Polynesia | -6.04% | -247.5% |
| 84th | Uruguay | -5.56% | -499.8% |
| 85th | Ireland | -5.56% | -8.3% |
| 86th | Sudan | -5.54% | 8.4% |
| 87th | Kenya | -5.52% | -71.0% |
| 88th | Benin | -5.50% | 16.0% |
| 89th | Sierra Leone | -5.42% | -23.0% |
| 90th | Slovenia | -5.31% | -26.2% |
| 91st | South Africa | -5.19% | -6.7% |
| 92nd | Türkiye | -5.08% | 5.7% |
| 93rd | Australia | -4.87% | 35.5% |
| 94th | Togo | -4.87% | 15.3% |
| 95th | United States | -4.72% | 7.3% |
| 96th | Yemen, Republic of | -4.65% | 33.3% |
| 97th | Morocco | -4.45% | -3,068.7% |
| 98th | Peru | -4.41% | -408.6% |
| 99th | Chile | -4.19% | -182.8% |
| 100th | Guatemala | -4.03% | 24.1% |
| 101st | United Kingdom | -3.87% | -4.0% |
| 102nd | Tunisia | -3.81% | -61.9% |
| 103rd | Marshall Islands | -3.76% | 31.1% |
| 104th | Kiribati | -3.57% | -96.4% |
| 105th | Zambia | -3.33% | -169.0% |
| 106th | Guinea-Bissau | -3.02% | 25.8% |
| 107th | Italy | -2.69% | -98.2% |
| 108th | Colombia | -2.68% | 10.2% |
| 109th | India | -2.58% | -289.2% |
| 110th | Afghanistan | -2.36% | – |
| 111th | Brazil | -2.10% | -965.1% |
| 112th | Haiti | -1.96% | -111.2% |
| 113th | Czechia | -1.86% | 60.4% |
| 114th | Cameroon | -1.63% | -236.3% |
| 115th | Mexico | -1.41% | -66.6% |
| 116th | Faroe Islands | -1.23% | 64.3% |
| 117th | France | -0.96% | -193.1% |
| 118th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.87% | -375.3% |
| 119th | Malta | -0.84% | 58.2% |
| 120th | Belgium | -0.83% | -155.6% |
| 121st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -0.66% | -123.2% |
| 122nd | Gambia, The | -0.40% | 93.5% |
| 123rd | Namibia | -0.11% | -101.3% |
| 124th | Aruba | 0.00% | -100.0% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 0.02% | -99.0% |
| 126th | Philippines | 0.08% | -98.5% |
| 127th | Korea | 0.16% | -81.3% |
| 128th | Canada | 0.20% | -72.8% |
| 129th | Thailand | 0.32% | -94.6% |
| 130th | Paraguay | 0.36% | -91.8% |
| 131st | Israel | 0.43% | -80.2% |
| 132nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.90% | -20.9% |
| 133rd | Kazakhstan | 0.96% | 121.2% |
| 134th | Bangladesh | 1.01% | -6.1% |
| 135th | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.33% | 374.8% |
| 136th | Botswana | 1.39% | -91.1% |
| 137th | Lao PDR | 1.42% | -56.9% |
| 138th | Argentina | 1.50% | -28.7% |
| 139th | Switzerland | 1.74% | -80.2% |
| 140th | Finland | 2.47% | -39.5% |
| 141st | Japan | 2.78% | -39.8% |
| 142nd | Ecuador | 2.89% | -23.5% |
| 143rd | Denmark | 2.93% | 94.0% |
| 144th | Myanmar | 3.91% | -42.8% |
| 145th | Netherlands | 4.07% | -30.6% |
| 146th | Austria | 4.50% | 17.9% |
| 147th | West Bank and Gaza | 5.21% | 172.3% |
| 148th | Germany | 5.58% | -16.8% |
| 149th | Nepal | 5.85% | 10,565.0% |
| 150th | Luxembourg | 6.22% | -5.0% |
| 151st | Russian Federation | 6.26% | 12.7% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 6.81% | 259.6% |
| 153rd | Oman | 7.23% | 41.8% |
| 154th | Angola | 7.28% | -49.7% |
| 155th | Congo, Republic of | 7.46% | 131.1% |
| 156th | Sweden | 7.93% | -2.7% |
| 157th | Nigeria | 8.59% | -13.6% |
| 158th | Bahrain | 8.78% | -34.4% |
| 159th | China | 9.01% | -8.0% |
| 160th | Suriname | 9.22% | -16.6% |
| 161st | Uzbekistan | 10.78% | 32.9% |
| 162nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.95% | -1.5% |
| 163rd | Bermuda | 12.99% | -27.7% |
| 164th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 14.99% | 15.1% |
| 165th | Singapore | 15.08% | -44.4% |
| 166th | Macao SAR, China | 15.56% | -28.2% |
| 167th | Norway | 15.68% | 27.0% |
| 168th | Lesotho | 15.71% | -13.4% |
| 169th | Malaysia | 16.86% | 9.6% |
| 170th | Algeria | 18.82% | -11.6% |
| 171st | Iraq | 21.61% | 23.7% |
| 172nd | Gabon | 24.59% | 11.5% |
| 173rd | Saudi Arabia | 27.83% | 13.4% |
| 174th | Trinidad and Tobago | 30.49% | 27.7% |
| 175th | Azerbaijan | 33.68% | 23.4% |
| 176th | Kuwait | 40.87% | 13.4% |
| 177th | Libya | 41.17% | -1.7% |
| 178th | Brunei Darussalam | 43.57% | 21.2% |
| 179th | Nauru | 49.54% | – |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | 311.75% | 43.7% |
HistorySaid – pattern alert
Myanmar matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2008. Historically: 271 occurrences, 157 successful (58%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.7%. View full analysis →
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