Qatar - Current Account Balance 2007
15.08%
−1.05% from 2006
Qatar's current account balance was 15.08% in 2007, decreased +1.05% from 16.13% in 2006. This was the 171st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2007▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | São Tomé and Principe | -43.14% | -27.1% |
| 2nd | Montenegro | -39.81% | -25.6% |
| 3rd | Tajikistan | -32.10% | -142.3% |
| 4th | Grenada | -29.29% | 17.2% |
| 5th | Antigua and Barbuda | -28.75% | -44.9% |
| 6th | Bulgaria | -25.74% | -68.5% |
| 7th | Congo, Republic of | -24.00% | -273.0% |
| 8th | Latvia | -21.84% | 0.3% |
| 9th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -21.37% | -29.9% |
| 10th | Djibouti | -20.21% | -523.9% |
| 11th | Georgia | -19.58% | -31.2% |
| 12th | St. Lucia | -18.38% | 37.4% |
| 13th | Palau | -18.02% | 36.0% |
| 14th | Seychelles | -18.01% | -36.8% |
| 15th | Dominica | -17.21% | -34.7% |
| 16th | Jordan | -16.80% | -53.7% |
| 17th | Serbia | -16.76% | -89.2% |
| 18th | Tonga | -16.50% | -148.6% |
| 19th | Nicaragua | -16.26% | -24.3% |
| 20th | Liberia | -16.25% | -121.0% |
| 21st | Jamaica | -15.92% | -65.0% |
| 22nd | Lithuania | -15.34% | -44.2% |
| 23rd | Tuvalu | -15.34% | -154.8% |
| 24th | Moldova | -15.25% | -34.5% |
| 25th | Estonia | -14.80% | 0.8% |
| 26th | Maldives | -14.39% | 24.9% |
| 27th | Greece | -14.19% | -28.5% |
| 28th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -13.90% | -25.7% |
| 29th | Romania | -13.70% | -30.5% |
| 30th | Iceland | -13.63% | 39.8% |
| 31st | Bahamas, The | -12.39% | -22.1% |
| 32nd | Cabo Verde | -12.01% | -191.6% |
| 33rd | Solomon Islands | -11.53% | -47.8% |
| 34th | Fiji | -11.45% | 18.0% |
| 35th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -10.85% | 31.1% |
| 36th | Albania | -10.35% | -55.5% |
| 37th | Madagascar | -9.89% | -8.0% |
| 38th | Portugal | -9.66% | 5.9% |
| 39th | Ghana | -9.58% | -185.2% |
| 40th | Senegal | -9.38% | -51.5% |
| 41st | Mauritania | -9.37% | -354.7% |
| 42nd | Spain | -9.37% | -6.5% |
| 43rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -9.19% | -18.6% |
| 44th | Honduras | -9.03% | -144.0% |
| 45th | Viet Nam | -8.98% | -4,529.7% |
| 46th | Burundi | -8.21% | 61.4% |
| 47th | Croatia | -8.02% | -1.1% |
| 48th | Samoa | -7.98% | 6.4% |
| 49th | Eritrea | -7.90% | -70.5% |
| 50th | Tanzania | -7.84% | -10.3% |
| 51st | Cyprus | -7.64% | -21.5% |
| 52nd | Australia | -7.55% | -28.5% |
| 53rd | Barbados | -7.43% | 20.9% |
| 54th | Armenia | -7.36% | -207.2% |
| 55th | Burkina Faso | -7.35% | 11.5% |
| 56th | Hungary | -7.29% | 2.3% |
| 57th | Mozambique | -7.27% | 8.5% |
| 58th | North Macedonia | -7.27% | -1,597.7% |
| 59th | Guinea | -7.24% | -131.6% |
| 60th | West Bank and Gaza | -7.20% | 68.8% |
| 61st | El Salvador | -7.15% | -49.5% |
| 62nd | Yemen, Republic of | -6.97% | -673.9% |
| 63rd | New Zealand | -6.80% | 5.5% |
| 64th | Poland | -6.68% | -43.7% |
| 65th | Vanuatu | -6.66% | -10.1% |
| 66th | Belarus | -6.65% | -83.2% |
| 67th | Benin | -6.55% | -112.0% |
| 68th | Malawi | -6.48% | 47.6% |
| 69th | Lebanon | -6.46% | -23.9% |
| 70th | Gambia, The | -6.19% | -44.2% |
| 71st | Niger | -6.14% | 7.3% |
| 72nd | Guyana | -6.07% | 29.8% |
| 73rd | Sudan | -6.05% | 57.8% |
| 74th | Central African Republic | -6.03% | -109.8% |
| 75th | Mali | -6.00% | -84.2% |
| 76th | Kyrgyz Republic | -5.99% | -142.2% |
| 77th | Togo | -5.75% | -3.3% |
| 78th | Costa Rica | -5.57% | -34.9% |
| 79th | Marshall Islands | -5.46% | -87.9% |
| 80th | Panama | -5.43% | -124.4% |
| 81st | Türkiye | -5.39% | 4.0% |
| 82nd | Slovak Republic | -5.35% | 23.9% |
| 83rd | Guatemala | -5.32% | -9.3% |
| 84th | Mauritius | -5.24% | 39.0% |
| 85th | Ireland | -5.13% | 4.2% |
| 86th | United States | -5.09% | 13.9% |
| 87th | Dominican Republic | -4.93% | -45.4% |
| 88th | South Africa | -4.86% | -20.7% |
| 89th | Uganda | -4.73% | -109.2% |
| 90th | Czechia | -4.71% | -91.8% |
| 91st | Kazakhstan | -4.55% | -347.5% |
| 92nd | Pakistan | -4.51% | -49.0% |
| 93rd | Sierra Leone | -4.41% | -45.9% |
| 94th | Sri Lanka | -4.33% | 3.4% |
| 95th | Slovenia | -4.21% | -127.9% |
| 96th | Cambodia | -4.18% | -643.7% |
| 97th | Guinea-Bissau | -4.07% | 34.6% |
| 98th | Comoros | -3.97% | -22.3% |
| 99th | United Kingdom | -3.72% | -19.1% |
| 100th | Ukraine | -3.53% | -135.4% |
| 101st | Faroe Islands | -3.44% | -427.2% |
| 102nd | New Caledonia | -3.33% | 43.8% |
| 103rd | Kenya | -3.23% | -91.3% |
| 104th | Belize | -3.05% | -91.3% |
| 105th | Colombia | -2.98% | -61.3% |
| 106th | Tunisia | -2.36% | 7.5% |
| 107th | Rwanda | -2.10% | 49.9% |
| 108th | Malta | -2.01% | 78.5% |
| 109th | Eswatini | -1.93% | 68.6% |
| 110th | Kiribati | -1.82% | 78.9% |
| 111th | Italy | -1.36% | 7.7% |
| 112th | Zambia | -1.24% | -126.7% |
| 113th | Haiti | -0.93% | 18.0% |
| 114th | Uruguay | -0.93% | 53.3% |
| 115th | Mexico | -0.84% | -166.4% |
| 116th | India | -0.66% | 34.7% |
| 117th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.48% | -124.9% |
| 118th | France | -0.33% | -229.8% |
| 119th | Brazil | -0.20% | -120.3% |
| 120th | Morocco | -0.14% | -107.4% |
| 121st | Nepal | 0.05% | -97.1% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.32% | -79.7% |
| 123rd | Canada | 0.75% | -47.9% |
| 124th | Korea | 0.86% | 349.1% |
| 125th | Bangladesh | 1.08% | 61.8% |
| 126th | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.14% | -20.0% |
| 127th | Cameroon | 1.20% | 29.2% |
| 128th | Peru | 1.43% | -57.1% |
| 129th | Belgium | 1.50% | -19.2% |
| 130th | Denmark | 1.51% | -52.5% |
| 131st | Papua New Guinea | 1.89% | 263.7% |
| 132nd | Argentina | 2.10% | -24.6% |
| 133rd | Israel | 2.15% | -29.5% |
| 134th | Indonesia | 2.43% | 0.9% |
| 135th | Zimbabwe | 2.59% | 102.9% |
| 136th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.87% | 758.7% |
| 137th | Lao PDR | 3.30% | 135.6% |
| 138th | Ecuador | 3.78% | -0.6% |
| 139th | Austria | 3.81% | 14.9% |
| 140th | Mongolia | 4.06% | -62.8% |
| 141st | Finland | 4.08% | 3.8% |
| 142nd | French Polynesia | 4.09% | 50.5% |
| 143rd | Paraguay | 4.36% | 250.7% |
| 144th | Japan | 4.62% | 21.9% |
| 145th | Chile | 5.06% | -8.0% |
| 146th | Oman | 5.10% | -61.7% |
| 147th | Philippines | 5.17% | -5.1% |
| 148th | Russian Federation | 5.55% | -36.2% |
| 149th | Netherlands | 5.86% | -28.0% |
| 150th | Thailand | 5.93% | 467.7% |
| 151st | Chad | 6.35% | 300.7% |
| 152nd | Luxembourg | 6.55% | -1.4% |
| 153rd | Germany | 6.71% | 15.4% |
| 154th | Bhutan | 6.76% | 256.3% |
| 155th | Myanmar | 6.84% | -6.6% |
| 156th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.57% | 20.1% |
| 157th | United Arab Emirates | 7.63% | -55.9% |
| 158th | Uzbekistan | 8.11% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Sweden | 8.15% | 0.8% |
| 160th | Namibia | 8.46% | -39.8% |
| 161st | Switzerland | 8.77% | -31.3% |
| 162nd | Aruba | 9.65% | -24.1% |
| 163rd | China | 9.80% | 18.2% |
| 164th | Nigeria | 9.94% | -14.6% |
| 165th | Suriname | 11.05% | 40.9% |
| 166th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.13% | 6.1% |
| 167th | Norway | 12.35% | -25.6% |
| 168th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 13.02% | 2.7% |
| 169th | Bahrain | 13.38% | 17.9% |
| 170th | Angola | 14.49% | -20.5% |
| 171st | Qatar | 15.08% | -6.5% |
| 172nd | Malaysia | 15.38% | 0.1% |
| 173rd | Botswana | 15.66% | -20.4% |
| 174th | Equatorial Guinea | 16.66% | 111.3% |
| 175th | Turkmenistan | 16.69% | -0.7% |
| 176th | Iraq | 17.47% | 406.8% |
| 177th | Bermuda | 17.97% | -11.8% |
| 178th | Lesotho | 18.14% | 29.9% |
| 179th | Algeria | 21.30% | -9.4% |
| 180th | Macao SAR, China | 21.68% | 45.6% |
| 181st | Gabon | 22.06% | 51.1% |
| 182nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.87% | -37.7% |
| 183rd | Saudi Arabia | 24.55% | -10.4% |
| 184th | Singapore | 27.14% | 0.9% |
| 185th | Azerbaijan | 27.29% | 54.4% |
| 186th | Brunei Darussalam | 35.95% | -12.6% |
| 187th | Kuwait | 36.05% | -19.2% |
| 188th | Libya | 41.91% | -10.4% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 63.39% | 204.1% |
| 190th | Timor-Leste | 216.88% | 81.1% |
FAQ
What was Qatar's current account balance in 2007?▾
Qatar's current account balance in 2007 was 15.08%. This ranked 171st globally.
How did Qatar's current account balance change in 2007?▾
Qatar's current account balance decreased by 6.5% in 2007 compared to 2006.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2007?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest current account balance in 2007 at 216.88%.
What is the current account balance of Qatar in 2007?▾
The current account balance of Qatar in 2007 was 15.08%. This ranked 171st globally.
How does 2007 compare to 2006 for Qatar's current account balance?▾
Qatar's current account balance went from 16.13% in 2006 to 15.08% in 2007, a 6.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Qatar matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2007. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: -4.9%. View full analysis →
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