South Africa - Current Account Balance 1999
-0.45%
+1.10% from 1998
South Africa's current account balance was -0.45% in 1999, increased +1.10% from -1.44% in 1998. This was the 125th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1999▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eritrea | -30.30% | -13.8% |
| 2nd | West Bank and Gaza | -27.90% | -5.5% |
| 3rd | Angola | -27.80% | -55.8% |
| 4th | Aruba | -25.28% | -2,142.7% |
| 5th | São Tomé and Principe | -22.36% | -30.5% |
| 6th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -21.06% | 16.3% |
| 7th | Lebanon | -19.38% | 35.2% |
| 8th | Nicaragua | -19.12% | -29.1% |
| 9th | Kenya | -18.34% | -1,444.6% |
| 10th | Lesotho | -18.25% | -18.7% |
| 11th | Seychelles | -17.62% | -0.8% |
| 12th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -17.36% | 29.7% |
| 13th | Armenia | -16.94% | 23.0% |
| 14th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -16.53% | -36.8% |
| 15th | Turkmenistan | -15.90% | 54.6% |
| 16th | Sierra Leone | -14.84% | -597.2% |
| 17th | Kyrgyz Republic | -14.71% | 34.1% |
| 18th | Mozambique | -13.60% | 2.4% |
| 19th | Maldives | -13.40% | -324.8% |
| 20th | Azerbaijan | -13.09% | 58.9% |
| 21st | Cabo Verde | -12.62% | -41.0% |
| 22nd | Ghana | -12.49% | -343.7% |
| 23rd | Marshall Islands | -12.17% | -8.9% |
| 24th | St. Lucia | -12.04% | -75.4% |
| 25th | Grenada | -11.57% | 36.7% |
| 26th | Zambia | -11.35% | 29.6% |
| 27th | Lithuania | -10.83% | 5.8% |
| 28th | Dominica | -10.78% | -50.7% |
| 29th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -10.70% | -63.7% |
| 30th | Panama | -9.98% | -19.7% |
| 31st | Burkina Faso | -9.96% | -50.7% |
| 32nd | Congo, Republic of | -9.80% | 8.8% |
| 33rd | Latvia | -8.93% | 4.0% |
| 34th | Portugal | -8.85% | -17.3% |
| 35th | Hungary | -8.36% | -18.5% |
| 36th | Chad | -7.51% | -25.1% |
| 37th | Samoa | -7.36% | -916.6% |
| 38th | Poland | -7.31% | -83.3% |
| 39th | Belize | -7.28% | -63.3% |
| 40th | Antigua and Barbuda | -7.23% | -22.1% |
| 41st | Guyana | -7.12% | -17.0% |
| 42nd | Georgia | -7.09% | 42.8% |
| 43rd | Iceland | -6.90% | 1.8% |
| 44th | Suriname | -6.87% | 40.5% |
| 45th | Rwanda | -6.63% | -83.7% |
| 46th | Croatia | -6.32% | -3.6% |
| 47th | Mali | -6.19% | -13.9% |
| 48th | Tanzania | -6.12% | 0.3% |
| 49th | Malawi | -6.10% | -5,876.3% |
| 50th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -5.89% | 25.0% |
| 51st | Moldova | -5.80% | 70.6% |
| 52nd | Togo | -5.71% | 3.8% |
| 53rd | Guatemala | -5.60% | 0.5% |
| 54th | Australia | -5.58% | -13.8% |
| 55th | Mongolia | -5.47% | 18.6% |
| 56th | Niger | -5.41% | 6.4% |
| 57th | Cambodia | -5.33% | 3.0% |
| 58th | Greece | -5.32% | -96.0% |
| 59th | Madagascar | -5.25% | 20.2% |
| 60th | Estonia | -5.12% | 39.5% |
| 61st | New Zealand | -5.00% | -79.8% |
| 62nd | Uganda | -4.89% | -10.6% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | -4.88% | -305.1% |
| 64th | Senegal | -4.86% | 8.2% |
| 65th | Bulgaria | -4.78% | -518.0% |
| 66th | Albania | -4.73% | 32.0% |
| 67th | Costa Rica | -4.68% | -30.4% |
| 68th | Barbados | -4.48% | -59.6% |
| 69th | Brazil | -4.47% | -10.3% |
| 70th | Cameroon | -4.41% | -231.3% |
| 71st | Benin | -4.23% | -7.2% |
| 72nd | Bahamas, The | -4.22% | 58.1% |
| 73rd | Argentina | -4.21% | 3.8% |
| 74th | Sudan | -4.04% | 69.1% |
| 75th | Guinea | -3.98% | 37.7% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | -3.79% | 60.3% |
| 77th | Honduras | -3.77% | -87.1% |
| 78th | Comoros | -3.66% | 46.6% |
| 79th | Romania | -3.61% | 46.9% |
| 80th | Sri Lanka | -3.57% | -93.1% |
| 81st | Serbia | -3.53% | -50.5% |
| 82nd | Philippines | -3.36% | -261.8% |
| 83rd | Myanmar | -3.32% | 84.5% |
| 84th | Malta | -3.27% | -21.7% |
| 85th | Spain | -3.22% | -98.2% |
| 86th | Slovenia | -3.08% | -364.3% |
| 87th | United States | -2.98% | -25.4% |
| 88th | Mauritius | -2.82% | -3,812.2% |
| 89th | Peru | -2.75% | 55.6% |
| 90th | Burundi | -2.61% | 38.0% |
| 91st | Oman | -2.58% | 86.8% |
| 92nd | Israel | -2.45% | -55.0% |
| 93rd | Jamaica | -2.43% | 34.3% |
| 94th | Austria | -2.27% | -21.8% |
| 95th | Czechia | -2.23% | -19.7% |
| 96th | Mexico | -2.22% | 22.7% |
| 97th | Guinea-Bissau | -2.19% | 38.4% |
| 98th | Eswatini | -2.13% | 60.2% |
| 99th | El Salvador | -2.12% | -155.8% |
| 100th | Uruguay | -2.12% | -13.0% |
| 101st | United Kingdom | -2.11% | -647.6% |
| 102nd | Dominican Republic | -1.94% | -24.2% |
| 103rd | Tunisia | -1.93% | 39.0% |
| 104th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.80% | 35.1% |
| 105th | Central African Republic | -1.72% | 71.8% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | -1.70% | 79.4% |
| 107th | Cyprus | -1.62% | -157.0% |
| 108th | Belarus | -1.60% | 76.1% |
| 109th | Nepal | -1.56% | -89.9% |
| 110th | Mauritania | -1.52% | -75.3% |
| 111th | Pakistan | -1.46% | 13.1% |
| 112th | Haiti | -1.44% | -421.5% |
| 113th | Gambia, The | -1.18% | -18.1% |
| 114th | Germany | -1.17% | -134.5% |
| 115th | Kazakhstan | -1.01% | 81.7% |
| 116th | Tajikistan | -0.91% | 87.6% |
| 117th | Uzbekistan | -0.76% | -40.6% |
| 118th | Namibia | -0.71% | -116.9% |
| 119th | Bangladesh | -0.71% | 25.0% |
| 120th | India | -0.70% | 26.6% |
| 121st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.70% | 58.1% |
| 122nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -0.59% | 70.9% |
| 123rd | Tonga | -0.49% | 94.3% |
| 124th | Bahrain | -0.49% | 95.4% |
| 125th | South Africa | -0.45% | 71.2% |
| 126th | Morocco | -0.36% | 82.4% |
| 127th | Türkiye | -0.36% | -150.1% |
| 128th | Ireland | -0.12% | -131.7% |
| 129th | Algeria | 0.04% | 102.2% |
| 130th | Canada | 0.12% | 109.3% |
| 131st | Chile | 0.13% | 102.8% |
| 132nd | Saudi Arabia | 0.25% | 102.8% |
| 133rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.45% | 104.3% |
| 134th | Fiji | 0.66% | 257.6% |
| 135th | Colombia | 0.78% | 118.9% |
| 136th | Italy | 0.80% | -51.8% |
| 137th | Qatar | 0.81% | 103.2% |
| 138th | Nigeria | 0.86% | 159.5% |
| 139th | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.27% | 57.9% |
| 140th | Zimbabwe | 1.40% | 257.8% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 1.57% | 10.2% |
| 142nd | Denmark | 1.71% | 1,249.7% |
| 143rd | China | 1.91% | -37.1% |
| 144th | Bhutan | 2.16% | -77.8% |
| 145th | Kiribati | 2.35% | -89.0% |
| 146th | Japan | 2.46% | -12.4% |
| 147th | France | 3.41% | 9.2% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | 3.45% | 161.3% |
| 149th | Netherlands | 3.50% | 18.0% |
| 150th | Sweden | 3.93% | 12.2% |
| 151st | Viet Nam | 4.10% | 203.3% |
| 152nd | Indonesia | 4.13% | 19.1% |
| 153rd | Korea | 4.22% | -58.2% |
| 154th | Solomon Islands | 4.40% | 461.3% |
| 155th | Ecuador | 4.67% | 158.6% |
| 156th | Jordan | 4.97% | 2,772.0% |
| 157th | Ukraine | 5.25% | 275.5% |
| 158th | Norway | 5.46% | 1,484.6% |
| 159th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.76% | 773.4% |
| 160th | Libya | 5.94% | 429.1% |
| 161st | Finland | 5.95% | 26.4% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | 6.17% | 208.6% |
| 163rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.43% | 333.3% |
| 164th | United Arab Emirates | 6.45% | 63.5% |
| 165th | Yemen, Republic of | 7.20% | 242.9% |
| 166th | Luxembourg | 7.53% | -12.0% |
| 167th | Belgium | 7.76% | 51.6% |
| 168th | Gabon | 8.37% | 164.4% |
| 169th | Switzerland | 9.50% | 25.1% |
| 170th | Thailand | 9.81% | -21.7% |
| 171st | Botswana | 10.64% | 201.4% |
| 172nd | Russian Federation | 11.67% | 46,565.8% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | 12.96% | -61.3% |
| 174th | Faroe Islands | 15.61% | -23.0% |
| 175th | Malaysia | 15.92% | 31.4% |
| 176th | Kuwait | 16.63% | 94.8% |
| 177th | Singapore | 17.20% | -21.1% |
| 178th | Brunei Darussalam | 26.73% | 90.4% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's current account balance in 1999?▾
South Africa's current account balance in 1999 was -0.45%. This ranked 125th globally.
How did South Africa's current account balance change in 1999?▾
South Africa's current account balance increased by 71.2% in 1999 compared to 1998.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 1999?▾
Brunei Darussalam had the highest current account balance in 1999 at 26.73%.
What is the current account balance of South Africa in 1999?▾
The current account balance of South Africa in 1999 was -0.45%. This ranked 125th globally.
How does 1999 compare to 1998 for South Africa's current account balance?▾
South Africa's current account balance went from -1.44% in 1998 to -0.45% in 1999, a 71.2% increase.
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