South Africa - Current Account Balance 1996
-1.03%
+0.42% from 1995
South Africa's current account balance was -1.03% in 1996, increased +0.42% from -1.45% in 1995. This was the 117th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1996▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Equatorial Guinea | -148.00% | -70.1% |
| 2nd | West Bank and Gaza | -41.78% | -31.9% |
| 3rd | Azerbaijan | -29.31% | -122.7% |
| 4th | Qatar | -27.27% | 1.2% |
| 5th | Congo, Republic of | -25.62% | -0.7% |
| 6th | Kyrgyz Republic | -23.24% | -47.8% |
| 7th | Lesotho | -22.85% | -33.7% |
| 8th | Kiribati | -20.35% | -133.4% |
| 9th | Armenia | -20.18% | -18.9% |
| 10th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -19.49% | -34.4% |
| 11th | Nicaragua | -19.14% | -9.7% |
| 12th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -19.14% | -108.9% |
| 13th | São Tomé and Principe | -17.56% | 32.9% |
| 14th | Dominica | -17.50% | -19.4% |
| 15th | Sierra Leone | -15.98% | -174.3% |
| 16th | Grenada | -15.40% | -26.0% |
| 17th | Lao PDR | -14.15% | -308.4% |
| 18th | Mozambique | -13.92% | 8.2% |
| 19th | Georgia | -12.17% | 31.2% |
| 20th | Moldova | -11.32% | -92.8% |
| 21st | Malta | -11.05% | -126.0% |
| 22nd | Vanuatu | -10.31% | -378.7% |
| 23rd | Lebanon | -10.27% | -5.1% |
| 24th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -9.94% | 21.9% |
| 25th | Seychelles | -9.79% | -3,610.2% |
| 26th | Sudan | -9.17% | 58.4% |
| 27th | Antigua and Barbuda | -8.75% | -10,298.7% |
| 28th | Eritrea | -8.62% | -183.4% |
| 29th | Lithuania | -8.57% | 5.9% |
| 30th | Chad | -8.33% | -3.7% |
| 31st | Estonia | -8.32% | -106.0% |
| 32nd | Viet Nam | -8.19% | 18.3% |
| 33rd | Thailand | -8.03% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Kenya | -7.98% | -348.5% |
| 35th | Tajikistan | -7.84% | 56.2% |
| 36th | Togo | -7.44% | -36.6% |
| 37th | Slovak Republic | -7.41% | -379.6% |
| 38th | St. Lucia | -7.33% | -54.3% |
| 39th | Bahamas, The | -7.30% | -415.3% |
| 40th | Burkina Faso | -7.25% | -110.4% |
| 41st | Nepal | -7.22% | -288.1% |
| 42nd | Pakistan | -7.01% | -219.6% |
| 43rd | Honduras | -6.99% | -114.1% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | -6.98% | 35.4% |
| 45th | Mali | -6.97% | -128.1% |
| 46th | Romania | -6.96% | -57.5% |
| 47th | Peru | -6.59% | 26.7% |
| 48th | Guinea-Bissau | -6.33% | -39.9% |
| 49th | North Macedonia | -6.21% | -6.5% |
| 50th | Comoros | -6.17% | 17.2% |
| 51st | Czechia | -6.09% | -169.4% |
| 52nd | Uzbekistan | -5.62% | -3,476.4% |
| 53rd | Gambia, The | -5.55% | -218.6% |
| 54th | Cambodia | -5.27% | -11.9% |
| 55th | Israel | -5.27% | 4.4% |
| 56th | Suriname | -5.15% | -181.4% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -5.13% | -2.6% |
| 58th | Aruba | -5.01% | -23,578.3% |
| 59th | Sri Lanka | -4.91% | 24.6% |
| 60th | Tonga | -4.89% | 44.1% |
| 61st | Latvia | -4.82% | -1,466.3% |
| 62nd | Colombia | -4.78% | -14.8% |
| 63rd | Haiti | -4.74% | -1,674.0% |
| 64th | New Zealand | -4.72% | -19.5% |
| 65th | Cyprus | -4.67% | -126.2% |
| 66th | Guyana | -4.64% | -8.9% |
| 67th | Burundi | -4.60% | -612.7% |
| 68th | Myanmar | -4.57% | 6.5% |
| 69th | Niger | -4.52% | 31.5% |
| 70th | Croatia | -4.52% | 28.5% |
| 71st | Malawi | -4.44% | -94.2% |
| 72nd | Ghana | -4.43% | -382.1% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | -4.42% | 50.6% |
| 74th | Tanzania | -4.38% | 52.7% |
| 75th | Philippines | -4.18% | -78.6% |
| 76th | Portugal | -4.00% | -3,471.9% |
| 77th | Hungary | -3.96% | -13.7% |
| 78th | Chile | -3.92% | -116.1% |
| 79th | Korea | -3.88% | -122.1% |
| 80th | Australia | -3.58% | 27.7% |
| 81st | Kazakhstan | -3.57% | -178.7% |
| 82nd | Belarus | -3.56% | 18.2% |
| 83rd | Uganda | -3.50% | 7.1% |
| 84th | Zambia | -3.39% | 11.4% |
| 85th | Indonesia | -3.37% | -21.1% |
| 86th | Central African Republic | -3.34% | 59.8% |
| 87th | Albania | -3.32% | -68.6% |
| 88th | Eswatini | -3.24% | -104.7% |
| 89th | Jordan | -3.20% | 16.3% |
| 90th | Greece | -3.20% | -34.3% |
| 91st | Guinea | -3.14% | 40.7% |
| 92nd | Madagascar | -3.10% | 57.0% |
| 93rd | Senegal | -3.06% | 43.0% |
| 94th | Guatemala | -2.88% | 29.3% |
| 95th | Austria | -2.85% | 0.8% |
| 96th | Mongolia | -2.74% | -254.1% |
| 97th | Brazil | -2.73% | -12.6% |
| 98th | Ukraine | -2.66% | 11.7% |
| 99th | Cameroon | -2.58% | -389.7% |
| 100th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -2.51% | 60.0% |
| 101st | Argentina | -2.49% | -40.6% |
| 102nd | Tunisia | -2.44% | 40.6% |
| 103rd | Iceland | -2.29% | -981.6% |
| 104th | Costa Rica | -2.26% | 29.9% |
| 105th | Panama | -2.18% | 59.1% |
| 106th | Bangladesh | -2.13% | -79.6% |
| 107th | Poland | -2.03% | -432.2% |
| 108th | Jamaica | -1.93% | -31.0% |
| 109th | El Salvador | -1.76% | 39.9% |
| 110th | Benin | -1.73% | 69.2% |
| 111th | Maldives | -1.65% | 57.6% |
| 112th | United States | -1.54% | -3.9% |
| 113th | India | -1.52% | 7.4% |
| 114th | Zimbabwe | -1.20% | 60.2% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | -1.17% | -6.1% |
| 116th | Uruguay | -1.14% | -3.3% |
| 117th | South Africa | -1.03% | 29.2% |
| 118th | Türkiye | -0.97% | 2.8% |
| 119th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.97% | 70.1% |
| 120th | Belize | -0.78% | 62.9% |
| 121st | United Kingdom | -0.72% | -90.2% |
| 122nd | Paraguay | -0.71% | 70.5% |
| 123rd | Mexico | -0.58% | -39.8% |
| 124th | Rwanda | -0.53% | -113.7% |
| 125th | Germany | -0.49% | 54.0% |
| 126th | Spain | -0.35% | 70.9% |
| 127th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.28% | -146.5% |
| 128th | Ecuador | -0.22% | 95.2% |
| 129th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -0.12% | -290.2% |
| 130th | Turkmenistan | 0.08% | - |
| 131st | Morocco | 0.08% | 101.8% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 0.13% | 111.8% |
| 133rd | Slovenia | 0.26% | 156.9% |
| 134th | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.29% | -76.8% |
| 135th | Canada | 0.39% | 146.8% |
| 136th | Saudi Arabia | 0.43% | 111.5% |
| 137th | Nigeria | 0.59% | 142.7% |
| 138th | Fiji | 0.64% | 143.5% |
| 139th | Mauritius | 0.76% | 254.1% |
| 140th | China | 0.83% | 280.4% |
| 141st | Yemen, Republic of | 0.90% | 197.0% |
| 142nd | France | 1.29% | 180.2% |
| 143rd | Oman | 1.39% | 127.0% |
| 144th | Japan | 1.40% | -29.6% |
| 145th | Denmark | 1.65% | 64.3% |
| 146th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.83% | -66.3% |
| 147th | Sweden | 2.02% | -35.4% |
| 148th | Algeria | 2.45% | 150.0% |
| 149th | Russian Federation | 2.58% | 16.4% |
| 150th | Ireland | 2.67% | 7.6% |
| 151st | Solomon Islands | 2.86% | 115.8% |
| 152nd | Namibia | 2.90% | -34.9% |
| 153rd | Italy | 3.04% | 46.7% |
| 154th | Bahrain | 3.75% | 11.8% |
| 155th | Finland | 3.79% | -1.1% |
| 156th | Mauritania | 4.28% | 1,133.8% |
| 157th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.35% | 81.5% |
| 158th | Libya | 4.44% | 57.9% |
| 159th | Netherlands | 4.76% | -16.2% |
| 160th | Samoa | 4.91% | 22.4% |
| 161st | Belgium | 4.95% | -7.2% |
| 162nd | Switzerland | 5.86% | 20.5% |
| 163rd | Barbados | 5.96% | 140.4% |
| 164th | United Arab Emirates | 5.97% | 3,413.5% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 6.08% | -52.6% |
| 166th | Norway | 6.71% | 110.0% |
| 167th | Botswana | 10.21% | 63.7% |
| 168th | Luxembourg | 11.57% | -3.8% |
| 169th | Djibouti | 13.86% | -62.6% |
| 170th | Bhutan | 14.01% | -4.9% |
| 171st | Singapore | 14.63% | -11.3% |
| 172nd | Gabon | 15.61% | 77.4% |
| 173rd | Brunei Darussalam | 18.79% | 16.4% |
| 174th | Kuwait | 22.57% | 22.3% |
| 175th | Angola | 43.40% | 1,298.5% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's current account balance in 1996?▾
South Africa's current account balance in 1996 was -1.03%. This ranked 117th globally.
How did South Africa's current account balance change in 1996?▾
South Africa's current account balance increased by 29.2% in 1996 compared to 1995.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 1996?▾
Angola had the highest current account balance in 1996 at 43.40%.
What is the current account balance of South Africa in 1996?▾
The current account balance of South Africa in 1996 was -1.03%. This ranked 117th globally.
How does 1996 compare to 1995 for South Africa's current account balance?▾
South Africa's current account balance went from -1.45% in 1995 to -1.03% in 1996, a 29.2% increase.
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