Qatar – Current Account Balance 2012
33.18%
+2.12% from 2011
Qatar's current account balance was 33.18% in 2012, increased +2.12% from 31.07% in 2011. This was the 181st highest globally.
Global Ranking – 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liberia | -60.00% | -14.3% |
| 2nd | São Tomé and Principe | -43.78% | 6.3% |
| 3rd | Mongolia | -43.77% | -1.0% |
| 4th | Mozambique | -40.69% | -78.7% |
| 5th | Curaçao | -29.71% | 1.0% |
| 6th | Afghanistan | -25.87% | -105.0% |
| 7th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -25.30% | -13.3% |
| 8th | Lebanon | -23.44% | -69.4% |
| 9th | New Caledonia | -20.02% | -48.9% |
| 10th | Sierra Leone | -19.70% | 49.9% |
| 11th | Bhutan | -19.11% | 28.2% |
| 12th | Lesotho | -18.77% | -58.3% |
| 13th | Mauritania | -18.22% | -579.5% |
| 14th | Sudan | -16.63% | -244.9% |
| 15th | Dominica | -16.52% | -23.8% |
| 16th | Palau | -15.99% | -25.4% |
| 17th | Montenegro | -15.68% | -6.3% |
| 18th | Kyrgyz Republic | -15.53% | -101.7% |
| 19th | Grenada | -14.98% | 19.7% |
| 20th | West Bank and Gaza | -14.92% | 19.4% |
| 21st | Jordan | -14.89% | -48.7% |
| 22nd | Tonga | -14.82% | 26.8% |
| 23rd | Seychelles | -14.81% | 48.0% |
| 24th | Bahamas, The | -14.04% | -17.5% |
| 25th | Guinea | -13.60% | 20.6% |
| 26th | Zimbabwe | -13.30% | 31.7% |
| 27th | Cabo Verde | -12.73% | 14.4% |
| 28th | Ghana | -11.90% | -32.2% |
| 29th | Nicaragua | -11.72% | 1.5% |
| 30th | Burundi | -11.22% | 11.5% |
| 31st | Georgia | -11.14% | 6.4% |
| 32nd | Djibouti | -10.93% | 21.2% |
| 33rd | Marshall Islands | -10.85% | -223.6% |
| 34th | Niger | -10.84% | 33.6% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | -10.79% | -880.6% |
| 36th | Serbia | -10.48% | -5.6% |
| 37th | Albania | -10.26% | 20.1% |
| 38th | St. Lucia | -10.02% | 29.9% |
| 39th | Armenia | -9.96% | 4.6% |
| 40th | Jamaica | -9.73% | 31.9% |
| 41st | Rwanda | -9.68% | -39.7% |
| 42nd | Tanzania | -9.49% | 24.9% |
| 43rd | Vanuatu | -9.18% | -15.9% |
| 44th | Guyana | -9.02% | 10.5% |
| 45th | Panama | -8.98% | 29.1% |
| 46th | Morocco | -8.95% | -23.2% |
| 47th | Tajikistan | -8.93% | -40.9% |
| 48th | Senegal | -8.65% | -34.2% |
| 49th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -8.63% | 9.0% |
| 50th | Namibia | -8.58% | -25.3% |
| 51st | Honduras | -8.53% | -7.3% |
| 52nd | Malawi | -8.49% | 13.0% |
| 53rd | Antigua and Barbuda | -8.11% | -59.9% |
| 54th | Guinea-Bissau | -7.93% | -553.2% |
| 55th | Tunisia | -7.87% | -11.8% |
| 56th | Ukraine | -7.85% | -29.9% |
| 57th | Barbados | -7.78% | -153.9% |
| 58th | Kenya | -7.48% | 8.3% |
| 59th | Madagascar | -7.46% | -10.9% |
| 60th | Moldova | -7.39% | 27.0% |
| 61st | Micronesia, Federated States of | -7.38% | 48.8% |
| 62nd | Lao PDR | -7.34% | -211.2% |
| 63rd | Mauritius | -6.99% | 47.7% |
| 64th | Cambodia | -6.80% | -6.3% |
| 65th | Gambia, The | -6.56% | 14.5% |
| 66th | Dominican Republic | -6.56% | 12.8% |
| 67th | Maldives | -6.39% | 53.7% |
| 68th | Kosovo | -6.16% | 53.8% |
| 69th | Uganda | -6.06% | 19.0% |
| 70th | Botswana | -5.90% | -576.1% |
| 71st | El Salvador | -5.80% | -5.8% |
| 72nd | Sri Lanka | -5.69% | 16.5% |
| 73rd | Togo | -5.43% | 2.5% |
| 74th | Chile | -5.33% | -8.4% |
| 75th | Benin | -5.18% | -7.1% |
| 76th | Costa Rica | -5.10% | 3.6% |
| 77th | India | -5.00% | -45.9% |
| 78th | Türkiye | -4.72% | 46.4% |
| 79th | South Africa | -4.68% | -131.9% |
| 80th | Romania | -4.58% | 4.9% |
| 81st | Australia | -4.43% | -36.1% |
| 82nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -4.20% | 13.5% |
| 83rd | Poland | -4.11% | 19.5% |
| 84th | Comoros | -4.05% | 25.3% |
| 85th | New Zealand | -3.90% | -36.3% |
| 86th | Latvia | -3.87% | -9.0% |
| 87th | Cyprus | -3.87% | -84.8% |
| 88th | Brazil | -3.76% | -17.7% |
| 89th | Uruguay | -3.76% | -43.8% |
| 90th | Guatemala | -3.72% | -10.5% |
| 91st | Canada | -3.53% | -27.3% |
| 92nd | Ireland | -3.40% | -389.4% |
| 93rd | North Macedonia | -3.27% | -31.3% |
| 94th | Cameroon | -3.17% | -29.6% |
| 95th | Haiti | -3.15% | -26.4% |
| 96th | Colombia | -3.14% | -8.1% |
| 97th | United Kingdom | -3.13% | -92.9% |
| 98th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -3.13% | 60.0% |
| 99th | Peru | -2.87% | -46.2% |
| 100th | Iceland | -2.85% | 36.3% |
| 101st | Belarus | -2.84% | 65.3% |
| 102nd | Indonesia | -2.66% | -1,509.8% |
| 103rd | Greece | -2.58% | 74.4% |
| 104th | United States | -2.57% | 11.9% |
| 105th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -2.50% | -7.5% |
| 106th | Finland | -2.25% | -44.5% |
| 107th | Myanmar | -2.10% | 19.3% |
| 108th | Estonia | -1.86% | -242.3% |
| 109th | Mali | -1.84% | 56.7% |
| 110th | Paraguay | -1.82% | -168.5% |
| 111th | Belize | -1.73% | -58.6% |
| 112th | Lithuania | -1.61% | 56.4% |
| 113th | Portugal | -1.53% | 75.0% |
| 114th | Czechia | -1.50% | 30.8% |
| 115th | Fiji | -1.43% | 72.2% |
| 116th | Mexico | -1.41% | -64.3% |
| 117th | Burkina Faso | -1.29% | 2.7% |
| 118th | Thailand | -1.23% | -148.5% |
| 119th | France | -1.23% | -19.2% |
| 120th | Samoa | -1.00% | 90.9% |
| 121st | Bulgaria | -0.97% | -306.1% |
| 122nd | Yemen, Republic of | -0.95% | 41.3% |
| 123rd | Pakistan | -0.94% | 2.2% |
| 124th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.88% | -112.2% |
| 125th | Argentina | -0.39% | 61.1% |
| 126th | Croatia | -0.36% | 78.3% |
| 127th | Israel | -0.31% | -132.8% |
| 128th | Italy | -0.22% | 92.1% |
| 129th | Ecuador | -0.17% | 67.1% |
| 130th | Belgium | -0.08% | 95.7% |
| 131st | Spain | 0.13% | 104.9% |
| 132nd | Slovak Republic | 0.94% | 119.1% |
| 133rd | Japan | 0.96% | -53.9% |
| 134th | Hungary | 1.08% | 151.6% |
| 135th | Kazakhstan | 1.26% | -82.7% |
| 136th | French Polynesia | 1.37% | -51.4% |
| 137th | Slovenia | 1.40% | 281.7% |
| 138th | Austria | 1.51% | -4.7% |
| 139th | Malta | 1.57% | 1,284.1% |
| 140th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.58% | -71.6% |
| 141st | Kiribati | 1.75% | 119.8% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 1.79% | -61.3% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 1.93% | 1,635.2% |
| 144th | Solomon Islands | 2.23% | 226.2% |
| 145th | China | 2.48% | 40.0% |
| 146th | Philippines | 2.65% | 10.1% |
| 147th | Nepal | 2.66% | 98.9% |
| 148th | Russian Federation | 3.23% | -32.1% |
| 149th | Suriname | 3.26% | -66.6% |
| 150th | Aruba | 3.47% | 135.2% |
| 151st | Korea | 3.65% | 187.0% |
| 152nd | Nigeria | 3.74% | 45.5% |
| 153rd | Viet Nam | 4.82% | 3,425.6% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 5.05% | 184.7% |
| 155th | Malaysia | 5.19% | -52.4% |
| 156th | Luxembourg | 5.26% | -6.6% |
| 157th | Algeria | 5.32% | -34.2% |
| 158th | Zambia | 5.38% | 15.5% |
| 159th | Sweden | 5.53% | 0.4% |
| 160th | Denmark | 6.04% | -4.7% |
| 161st | Germany | 7.20% | 14.9% |
| 162nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.27% | 224.5% |
| 163rd | Netherlands | 7.50% | 6.9% |
| 164th | Bahrain | 8.07% | -25.7% |
| 165th | Oman | 8.99% | -21.4% |
| 166th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.40% | 2,048.7% |
| 167th | Switzerland | 9.42% | 36.6% |
| 168th | Angola | 9.64% | -7.5% |
| 169th | Gabon | 11.52% | -19.5% |
| 170th | Norway | 12.38% | -6.6% |
| 171st | Iraq | 13.55% | -3.7% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | 13.68% | 3.3% |
| 173rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.24% | -23.1% |
| 174th | Bermuda | 14.53% | 5.7% |
| 175th | Tuvalu | 16.34% | 126.8% |
| 176th | Singapore | 17.64% | -20.6% |
| 177th | Azerbaijan | 21.49% | -17.3% |
| 178th | Saudi Arabia | 22.85% | -4.3% |
| 179th | Libya | 25.76% | 288.6% |
| 180th | Brunei Darussalam | 29.84% | -14.0% |
| 181st | Qatar | 33.18% | 6.8% |
| 182nd | Nauru | 34.50% | 13.6% |
| 183rd | Macao SAR, China | 38.83% | -3.8% |
| 184th | Kuwait | 45.46% | 5.9% |
| 185th | Timor-Leste | 235.75% | 4.8% |
HistorySaid – pattern alert
Qatar matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2012. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.3%. View full analysis →
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