Papua New Guinea - Current Account Balance 2021
12.58%
−1.78% from 2020
Papua New Guinea's current account balance was 12.58% in 2021, decreased +1.78% from 14.34% in 2020. This was the 182nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Palau | -41.49% | 5.3% |
| 2nd | Dominica | -33.06% | 10.6% |
| 3rd | Cambodia | -29.61% | -2,955.5% |
| 4th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -23.21% | -45.9% |
| 5th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -23.02% | 2.0% |
| 6th | Mozambique | -21.19% | 20.1% |
| 7th | Bahamas, The | -20.22% | 8.1% |
| 8th | Lebanon | -19.70% | -77.1% |
| 9th | Curaçao | -18.57% | 31.7% |
| 10th | São Tomé and Principe | -18.16% | -62.3% |
| 11th | Antigua and Barbuda | -17.78% | -14.2% |
| 12th | Guyana | -16.91% | 2.5% |
| 13th | Fiji | -16.51% | -37.9% |
| 14th | Malawi | -15.49% | -12.0% |
| 15th | Nepal | -14.52% | -1,333.8% |
| 16th | Grenada | -14.38% | 10.7% |
| 17th | Niger | -14.07% | -6.7% |
| 18th | Yemen, Republic of | -13.90% | 11.5% |
| 19th | Mongolia | -13.79% | -172.2% |
| 20th | Samoa | -13.31% | -1,502.7% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | -13.10% | 19.8% |
| 22nd | Mauritius | -12.88% | -45.0% |
| 23rd | Moldova | -12.41% | -61.4% |
| 24th | Cabo Verde | -12.21% | 20.4% |
| 25th | Senegal | -12.09% | -11.3% |
| 26th | Bhutan | -11.53% | 22.0% |
| 27th | Burundi | -11.33% | -1.6% |
| 28th | St. Lucia | -11.30% | 39.9% |
| 29th | Rwanda | -10.92% | 9.5% |
| 30th | Central African Republic | -10.78% | -36.3% |
| 31st | Seychelles | -10.77% | 14.0% |
| 32nd | Georgia | -10.29% | 17.3% |
| 33rd | Barbados | -10.26% | -105.7% |
| 34th | West Bank and Gaza | -9.82% | 19.9% |
| 35th | Tonga | -9.55% | -66.3% |
| 36th | Montenegro | -9.29% | 64.7% |
| 37th | Uganda | -8.89% | 6.3% |
| 38th | Mauritania | -8.76% | -28.6% |
| 39th | Kosovo | -8.69% | -24.0% |
| 40th | Maldives | -8.63% | 75.4% |
| 41st | Lesotho | -8.13% | -42.7% |
| 42nd | Jordan | -8.03% | -40.1% |
| 43rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -7.98% | -276.6% |
| 44th | Vanuatu | -7.94% | -24.8% |
| 45th | Sudan | -7.65% | 53.8% |
| 46th | Albania | -7.60% | 11.8% |
| 47th | Sierra Leone | -7.29% | -24.8% |
| 48th | Chile | -7.28% | -273.6% |
| 49th | Romania | -7.21% | -42.3% |
| 50th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -7.06% | -50.8% |
| 51st | Djibouti | -6.63% | -156.9% |
| 52nd | Belize | -6.50% | -4.0% |
| 53rd | Mali | -6.39% | -193.7% |
| 54th | Greece | -6.35% | 12.3% |
| 55th | Uzbekistan | -6.33% | -39.0% |
| 56th | Tunisia | -5.88% | 1.4% |
| 57th | New Zealand | -5.64% | -427.4% |
| 58th | Colombia | -5.64% | -64.4% |
| 59th | Cyprus | -5.57% | 42.6% |
| 60th | Oman | -5.54% | 66.5% |
| 61st | Honduras | -5.46% | -291.6% |
| 62nd | Madagascar | -5.03% | 6.4% |
| 63rd | Solomon Islands | -5.02% | -204.5% |
| 64th | Slovak Republic | -4.79% | -928.5% |
| 65th | Kenya | -4.60% | -25.7% |
| 66th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -4.38% | -50.1% |
| 67th | Gambia, The | -4.31% | 25.5% |
| 68th | El Salvador | -4.31% | -487.9% |
| 69th | Hungary | -4.29% | -353.4% |
| 70th | Benin | -4.15% | -137.9% |
| 71st | Latvia | -4.14% | -236.1% |
| 72nd | Serbia | -4.01% | -2.0% |
| 73rd | Cameroon | -3.99% | -7.7% |
| 74th | Côte d'Ivoire | -3.95% | -26.2% |
| 75th | Bangladesh | -3.79% | -160.6% |
| 76th | Estonia | -3.73% | -47.6% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | -3.71% | -163.8% |
| 78th | United States | -3.68% | -32.6% |
| 79th | Pakistan | -3.52% | -138.0% |
| 80th | Armenia | -3.40% | 15.1% |
| 81st | Tanzania | -3.36% | -46.0% |
| 82nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -3.35% | 69.1% |
| 83rd | Costa Rica | -3.18% | -203.9% |
| 84th | Liberia | -2.90% | 82.3% |
| 85th | Dominican Republic | -2.83% | -67.4% |
| 86th | Ghana | -2.82% | -11.3% |
| 87th | Nicaragua | -2.75% | -173.3% |
| 88th | North Macedonia | -2.68% | 8.6% |
| 89th | Iceland | -2.57% | -238.0% |
| 90th | Uruguay | -2.43% | -279.6% |
| 91st | Algeria | -2.42% | 78.6% |
| 92nd | Brazil | -2.36% | -39.7% |
| 93rd | Morocco | -2.36% | -102.2% |
| 94th | Peru | -2.25% | -399.9% |
| 95th | Togo | -2.24% | -697.5% |
| 96th | Myanmar | -2.19% | -468.8% |
| 97th | Thailand | -2.14% | -151.2% |
| 98th | Czechia | -2.05% | -216.3% |
| 99th | Ukraine | -1.94% | -158.8% |
| 100th | Botswana | -1.76% | 82.0% |
| 101st | Philippines | -1.51% | -147.1% |
| 102nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.47% | 48.0% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | -1.36% | 79.0% |
| 104th | Poland | -1.30% | -153.9% |
| 105th | Viet Nam | -1.26% | -129.0% |
| 106th | Panama | -1.21% | -664.7% |
| 107th | Paraguay | -1.07% | -156.6% |
| 108th | India | -1.06% | -217.5% |
| 109th | Bulgaria | -1.03% | -333.4% |
| 110th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -0.99% | 50.9% |
| 111th | United Kingdom | -0.75% | 74.3% |
| 112th | Türkiye | -0.74% | 82.5% |
| 113th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.74% | 71.1% |
| 114th | Portugal | -0.67% | 2.4% |
| 115th | Chad | -0.54% | 78.6% |
| 116th | Nigeria | -0.53% | 80.0% |
| 117th | Mexico | -0.35% | -114.5% |
| 118th | Comoros | -0.32% | 82.3% |
| 119th | South Sudan | -0.13% | 99.6% |
| 120th | Afghanistan | -0.06% | -100.4% |
| 121st | Canada | -0.02% | 98.9% |
| 122nd | Namibia | -0.01% | -100.4% |
| 123rd | France | 0.24% | 111.9% |
| 124th | Indonesia | 0.30% | 170.6% |
| 125th | Finland | 0.33% | -23.0% |
| 126th | Burkina Faso | 0.39% | -90.6% |
| 127th | Haiti | 0.42% | 17.9% |
| 128th | Spain | 0.77% | -3.0% |
| 129th | Croatia | 0.81% | 160.8% |
| 130th | Zimbabwe | 0.84% | -50.3% |
| 131st | Jamaica | 0.93% | 189.8% |
| 132nd | Argentina | 1.36% | 95.1% |
| 133rd | Lithuania | 1.47% | -79.6% |
| 134th | Austria | 1.72% | -49.0% |
| 135th | Belgium | 1.87% | 110.6% |
| 136th | China | 1.94% | 17.6% |
| 137th | Italy | 2.04% | -45.8% |
| 138th | Guatemala | 2.17% | -57.1% |
| 139th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.26% | 138.9% |
| 140th | Lao PDR | 2.29% | 239.4% |
| 141st | Eswatini | 2.61% | -61.8% |
| 142nd | Australia | 2.63% | 51.4% |
| 143rd | Aruba | 2.75% | 115.9% |
| 144th | Ecuador | 2.84% | 35.7% |
| 145th | Israel | 3.02% | -18.1% |
| 146th | Belarus | 3.07% | 1,154.0% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.32% | 7,830.7% |
| 148th | Slovenia | 3.37% | -54.0% |
| 149th | Gabon | 3.46% | 798.2% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.63% | 308.0% |
| 151st | Nauru | 3.76% | 48.9% |
| 152nd | South Africa | 3.77% | 91.6% |
| 153rd | Malaysia | 3.88% | -6.9% |
| 154th | Japan | 3.90% | 31.4% |
| 155th | Korea | 4.39% | 0.8% |
| 156th | Turkmenistan | 4.56% | 438.0% |
| 157th | Saudi Arabia | 4.57% | 237.3% |
| 158th | Luxembourg | 4.99% | 1.5% |
| 159th | San Marino | 5.40% | 93.9% |
| 160th | Suriname | 5.67% | -36.8% |
| 161st | Equatorial Guinea | 5.69% | 779.6% |
| 162nd | Sweden | 6.22% | 11.0% |
| 163rd | Bahrain | 6.37% | 170.4% |
| 164th | Russian Federation | 6.83% | 187.4% |
| 165th | Germany | 6.92% | 9.5% |
| 166th | Kiribati | 7.10% | -77.9% |
| 167th | Switzerland | 7.67% | 1,262.6% |
| 168th | Tajikistan | 8.23% | 89.2% |
| 169th | Macao SAR, China | 8.50% | -42.6% |
| 170th | Denmark | 8.61% | 19.1% |
| 171st | Malta | 9.34% | -41.7% |
| 172nd | Netherlands | 10.28% | 80.6% |
| 173rd | Angola | 10.56% | 705.3% |
| 174th | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.85% | 267.1% |
| 175th | Brunei Darussalam | 11.14% | 160.3% |
| 176th | United Arab Emirates | 11.35% | 92.1% |
| 177th | Congo, Republic of | 11.57% | -7.9% |
| 178th | Iraq | 11.71% | 308.4% |
| 179th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 11.83% | 69.2% |
| 180th | Zambia | 11.90% | 0.9% |
| 181st | Ireland | 12.28% | 273.4% |
| 182nd | Papua New Guinea | 12.58% | -12.4% |
| 183rd | Bermuda | 13.20% | 6.5% |
| 184th | Qatar | 14.64% | 808.1% |
| 185th | Norway | 14.80% | 1,241.8% |
| 186th | Azerbaijan | 14.96% | 2,907.1% |
| 187th | Andorra | 15.02% | -3.2% |
| 188th | Libya | 16.11% | 257.8% |
| 189th | Liechtenstein | 17.00% | -3.8% |
| 190th | Singapore | 19.80% | 13.1% |
| 191st | Kuwait | 23.55% | 440.0% |
| 192nd | Tuvalu | 24.14% | 48.8% |
| 193rd | Guinea | 27.18% | 269.2% |
| 194th | Marshall Islands | 29.19% | 95.8% |
| 195th | Timor-Leste | 54.76% | 130.0% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's current account balance in 2021?▾
Papua New Guinea's current account balance in 2021 was 12.58%. This ranked 182nd globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's current account balance change in 2021?▾
Papua New Guinea's current account balance decreased by 12.4% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2021?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest current account balance in 2021 at 54.76%.
What is the current account balance of Papua New Guinea in 2021?▾
The current account balance of Papua New Guinea in 2021 was 12.58%. This ranked 182nd globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Papua New Guinea's current account balance?▾
Papua New Guinea's current account balance went from 14.34% in 2020 to 12.58% in 2021, a 12.4% decrease.
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