South Africa - Current Account Balance 1997
-1.32%
−0.30% from 1996
South Africa's current account balance was -1.32% in 1997, decreased +0.30% from -1.03% in 1996. This was the 119th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | West Bank and Gaza | -41.16% | -32.9% |
| 2nd | Lebanon | -32.42% | -215.8% |
| 3rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -31.12% | -62.6% |
| 4th | Qatar | -30.86% | -13.2% |
| 5th | Turkmenistan | -23.21% | -29,110.0% |
| 6th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -23.17% | -133.2% |
| 7th | Azerbaijan | -23.11% | 10.7% |
| 8th | Lesotho | -22.92% | -1.5% |
| 9th | Armenia | -20.48% | -12.5% |
| 10th | Nicaragua | -19.15% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Grenada | -17.62% | -14.4% |
| 12th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -16.13% | 17.2% |
| 13th | Georgia | -14.65% | -20.4% |
| 14th | Moldova | -14.24% | -25.8% |
| 15th | Dominica | -13.95% | 20.3% |
| 16th | Kenya | -13.65% | -3,850.8% |
| 17th | Aruba | -12.78% | -155.2% |
| 18th | Marshall Islands | -12.27% | - |
| 19th | Albania | -11.87% | -50.4% |
| 20th | Lao PDR | -11.79% | -88.4% |
| 21st | Angola | -11.55% | -137.2% |
| 22nd | Seychelles | -11.03% | -5.9% |
| 23rd | Estonia | -10.90% | -30.6% |
| 24th | Trinidad and Tobago | -10.69% | -695.8% |
| 25th | Croatia | -10.34% | -142.6% |
| 26th | St. Lucia | -9.76% | -33.1% |
| 27th | Lithuania | -9.65% | -12.7% |
| 28th | Mozambique | -8.98% | 35.5% |
| 29th | Myanmar | -8.73% | -90.9% |
| 30th | Chad | -8.58% | -3.0% |
| 31st | Guyana | -8.42% | -296.6% |
| 32nd | Burkina Faso | -8.09% | -11.5% |
| 33rd | Nepal | -7.89% | -80.0% |
| 34th | Kyrgyz Republic | -7.84% | 66.4% |
| 35th | Bahamas, The | -7.46% | -2,610.2% |
| 36th | Solomon Islands | -7.20% | -6.2% |
| 37th | Malawi | -7.13% | -169.2% |
| 38th | Vanuatu | -7.09% | -477.0% |
| 39th | Sudan | -7.09% | 45.3% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | -7.04% | 26.4% |
| 41st | North Macedonia | -7.04% | 1.4% |
| 42nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -6.98% | -55.1% |
| 43rd | Suriname | -6.97% | -35.4% |
| 44th | São Tomé and Principe | -6.85% | 61.0% |
| 45th | Maldives | -6.83% | -383.6% |
| 46th | Benin | -6.79% | -434.9% |
| 47th | Congo, Republic of | -6.71% | 70.7% |
| 48th | Sierra Leone | -6.45% | 6.2% |
| 49th | Antigua and Barbuda | -6.45% | 26.3% |
| 50th | Comoros | -6.22% | -0.8% |
| 51st | Cambodia | -6.10% | 13.4% |
| 52nd | Belarus | -6.08% | -70.8% |
| 53rd | Cabo Verde | -6.06% | -5.7% |
| 54th | Malta | -5.99% | -13.1% |
| 55th | Malaysia | -5.93% | -46.1% |
| 56th | Romania | -5.91% | 10.2% |
| 57th | Ghana | -5.85% | -217.1% |
| 58th | Niger | -5.80% | -27.9% |
| 59th | Peru | -5.79% | 15.1% |
| 60th | Czechia | -5.79% | 4.7% |
| 61st | Viet Nam | -5.69% | 11.7% |
| 62nd | Portugal | -5.67% | -26.2% |
| 63rd | Togo | -5.52% | 12.1% |
| 64th | Paraguay | -5.51% | -678.8% |
| 65th | Latvia | -5.43% | -12.6% |
| 66th | Cameroon | -5.40% | -111.4% |
| 67th | Colombia | -5.39% | -34.9% |
| 68th | Mali | -5.22% | 26.6% |
| 69th | Zimbabwe | -5.22% | -333.8% |
| 70th | New Zealand | -5.20% | -10.2% |
| 71st | Panama | -5.04% | -161.4% |
| 72nd | Uganda | -5.04% | -83.7% |
| 73rd | Honduras | -4.89% | -31.5% |
| 74th | Madagascar | -4.73% | -53.0% |
| 75th | Philippines | -4.62% | -10.7% |
| 76th | Serbia | -4.54% | - |
| 77th | Hungary | -4.51% | -18.3% |
| 78th | Cyprus | -4.38% | 6.2% |
| 79th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -4.36% | -74.0% |
| 80th | Chile | -4.27% | -12.4% |
| 81st | Zambia | -4.23% | -24.8% |
| 82nd | Argentina | -4.14% | -76.2% |
| 83rd | Tajikistan | -4.01% | 48.8% |
| 84th | Jamaica | -3.95% | -110.4% |
| 85th | Tanzania | -3.91% | 25.3% |
| 86th | Costa Rica | -3.81% | -61.7% |
| 87th | Belize | -3.66% | -368.4% |
| 88th | Brazil | -3.64% | -29.9% |
| 89th | Kazakhstan | -3.61% | -1.0% |
| 90th | Poland | -3.59% | -73.3% |
| 91st | Israel | -3.56% | 31.6% |
| 92nd | Guatemala | -3.56% | -18.2% |
| 93rd | Greece | -3.50% | 2.0% |
| 94th | Barbados | -3.21% | -191.1% |
| 95th | Uzbekistan | -3.17% | 43.6% |
| 96th | Senegal | -3.06% | 42.8% |
| 97th | Rwanda | -2.91% | -444.0% |
| 98th | Tunisia | -2.87% | -18.4% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | -2.86% | 48.5% |
| 100th | Pakistan | -2.74% | 32.1% |
| 101st | Australia | -2.73% | 22.0% |
| 102nd | Ukraine | -2.66% | -3.6% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | -2.62% | 50.8% |
| 104th | Austria | -2.56% | 10.3% |
| 105th | Central African Republic | -2.52% | 24.4% |
| 106th | Indonesia | -2.27% | 14.7% |
| 107th | Iceland | -2.24% | 6.0% |
| 108th | Mauritius | -2.10% | -382.9% |
| 109th | Thailand | -2.01% | 74.9% |
| 110th | Papua New Guinea | -2.01% | -178.5% |
| 111th | Korea | -1.83% | 52.6% |
| 112th | Guinea | -1.65% | 73.4% |
| 113th | United States | -1.64% | -6.1% |
| 114th | Fiji | -1.63% | -301.0% |
| 115th | Ecuador | -1.62% | -581.5% |
| 116th | Mexico | -1.46% | -152.5% |
| 117th | Haiti | -1.43% | -52.8% |
| 118th | Canada | -1.37% | -430.6% |
| 119th | South Africa | -1.32% | -30.0% |
| 120th | Uruguay | -1.20% | -5.4% |
| 121st | Türkiye | -1.00% | -2.8% |
| 122nd | El Salvador | -0.96% | 45.8% |
| 123rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.96% | 1.2% |
| 124th | Oman | -0.92% | -178.3% |
| 125th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.91% | 84.8% |
| 126th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.91% | -249.7% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | -0.81% | 30.2% |
| 128th | India | -0.71% | 37.7% |
| 129th | Tonga | -0.71% | 85.6% |
| 130th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -0.70% | -499.1% |
| 131st | Bangladesh | -0.59% | 65.5% |
| 132nd | Bahrain | -0.43% | -112.2% |
| 133rd | Germany | -0.36% | 26.6% |
| 134th | Morocco | -0.22% | 84.1% |
| 135th | Russian Federation | -0.21% | -108.4% |
| 136th | Eswatini | -0.16% | 94.5% |
| 137th | Spain | -0.14% | 82.3% |
| 138th | United Kingdom | -0.09% | 66.1% |
| 139th | Nigeria | 0.08% | -94.2% |
| 140th | Saudi Arabia | 0.18% | -57.2% |
| 141st | Slovenia | 0.24% | 258.3% |
| 142nd | Yemen, Republic of | 0.32% | -64.2% |
| 143rd | Jordan | 0.40% | 112.9% |
| 144th | Denmark | 0.53% | -67.7% |
| 145th | Burundi | 0.63% | 115.9% |
| 146th | Eritrea | 0.72% | -76.2% |
| 147th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.94% | -28.4% |
| 148th | Japan | 2.12% | 51.8% |
| 149th | Namibia | 2.17% | -25.7% |
| 150th | Mauritania | 2.31% | 1,579.7% |
| 151st | Ireland | 2.35% | -11.9% |
| 152nd | Italy | 2.59% | -11.8% |
| 153rd | France | 2.61% | 115.5% |
| 154th | Sweden | 2.76% | -15.3% |
| 155th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.18% | 1,464.0% |
| 156th | Samoa | 3.20% | -27.1% |
| 157th | Bulgaria | 3.77% | 5.1% |
| 158th | China | 3.82% | 358.0% |
| 159th | Bhutan | 5.04% | -64.0% |
| 160th | Libya | 5.10% | 2,440.7% |
| 161st | Kiribati | 5.19% | 125.5% |
| 162nd | Finland | 5.23% | 48.6% |
| 163rd | Belgium | 5.47% | 10.4% |
| 164th | Mongolia | 5.76% | 310.3% |
| 165th | Netherlands | 6.01% | 26.1% |
| 166th | Norway | 6.22% | -3.6% |
| 167th | Algeria | 6.60% | 169.4% |
| 168th | Switzerland | 8.59% | 61.2% |
| 169th | Gabon | 9.98% | -31.9% |
| 170th | Luxembourg | 9.98% | -13.7% |
| 171st | Djibouti | 10.60% | -70.4% |
| 172nd | United Arab Emirates | 11.26% | 88.5% |
| 173rd | Botswana | 14.37% | 43.0% |
| 174th | Singapore | 15.57% | 6.4% |
| 175th | Brunei Darussalam | 17.22% | -8.4% |
| 176th | Kuwait | 26.14% | 15.8% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's current account balance in 1997?▾
South Africa's current account balance in 1997 was -1.32%. This ranked 119th globally.
How did South Africa's current account balance change in 1997?▾
South Africa's current account balance decreased by 30.0% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 1997?▾
Kuwait had the highest current account balance in 1997 at 26.14%.
What is the current account balance of South Africa in 1997?▾
The current account balance of South Africa in 1997 was -1.32%. This ranked 119th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for South Africa's current account balance?▾
South Africa's current account balance went from -1.03% in 1996 to -1.32% in 1997, a 30.0% decrease.
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