South Africa - Current Account Balance 2010
-1.30%
+1.14% from 2009
South Africa's current account balance was -1.30% in 2010, increased +1.14% from -2.38% in 2009. This was the 121st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | São Tomé and Principe | -46.09% | -90.1% |
| 2nd | Tuvalu | -43.65% | 37.2% |
| 3rd | Liberia | -42.71% | -224.6% |
| 4th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -26.33% | -2.5% |
| 5th | Tonga | -23.83% | -31.3% |
| 6th | Seychelles | -21.84% | -47.6% |
| 7th | Montenegro | -20.60% | 26.0% |
| 8th | Equatorial Guinea | -20.24% | -108.0% |
| 9th | Lebanon | -19.64% | 1.2% |
| 10th | Grenada | -19.45% | -14.9% |
| 11th | Bhutan | -18.91% | -217.0% |
| 12th | Aruba | -18.75% | -370.4% |
| 13th | Dominica | -16.93% | 25.4% |
| 14th | Solomon Islands | -16.05% | -98.7% |
| 15th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -15.33% | 27.4% |
| 16th | Burundi | -14.81% | -134.7% |
| 17th | Mozambique | -14.72% | -47.2% |
| 18th | Turkmenistan | -14.66% | 29.5% |
| 19th | New Caledonia | -14.52% | -53.5% |
| 20th | Niger | -14.48% | 20.0% |
| 21st | Belarus | -14.47% | -20.0% |
| 22nd | Zimbabwe | -13.74% | -168.6% |
| 23rd | Sierra Leone | -13.73% | -59.4% |
| 24th | Armenia | -13.62% | 17.4% |
| 25th | West Bank and Gaza | -13.50% | 4.0% |
| 26th | Kosovo | -12.68% | -21.7% |
| 27th | St. Lucia | -12.67% | -49.4% |
| 28th | Mongolia | -12.32% | -65.2% |
| 29th | Cabo Verde | -12.21% | 8.9% |
| 30th | Eritrea | -11.42% | -0.9% |
| 31st | Albania | -11.22% | 27.1% |
| 32nd | Lesotho | -11.00% | -192.9% |
| 33rd | Antigua and Barbuda | -10.87% | 16.7% |
| 34th | Cyprus | -10.76% | -60.9% |
| 35th | Panama | -10.33% | -1,267.6% |
| 36th | Tajikistan | -10.30% | 28.6% |
| 37th | Portugal | -10.26% | 0.9% |
| 38th | Greece | -10.21% | 7.3% |
| 39th | Palau | -9.93% | 27.6% |
| 40th | Mauritius | -9.91% | -39.9% |
| 41st | Kyrgyz Republic | -9.90% | -129.4% |
| 42nd | Georgia | -9.65% | 6.4% |
| 43rd | Malawi | -9.57% | -32.1% |
| 44th | Central African Republic | -9.42% | -8.2% |
| 45th | Mali | -9.37% | 14.0% |
| 46th | Samoa | -9.05% | -96.1% |
| 47th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -9.00% | -52.1% |
| 48th | Madagascar | -8.95% | 50.8% |
| 49th | Eswatini | -8.90% | 25.3% |
| 50th | Marshall Islands | -8.90% | 24.7% |
| 51st | Nicaragua | -8.87% | -5.0% |
| 52nd | Ghana | -8.53% | -126.5% |
| 53rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -8.45% | 60.5% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | -8.06% | 0.4% |
| 55th | Maldives | -7.58% | 21.5% |
| 56th | Guinea-Bissau | -7.53% | -39.6% |
| 57th | Dominican Republic | -7.48% | -56.8% |
| 58th | Guyana | -7.18% | -27.4% |
| 59th | Cambodia | -7.10% | 13.9% |
| 60th | Jamaica | -7.06% | 22.2% |
| 61st | Jordan | -6.94% | -36.7% |
| 62nd | Tanzania | -6.91% | 7.1% |
| 63rd | Moldova | -6.90% | 22.6% |
| 64th | Rwanda | -6.52% | 2.3% |
| 65th | Mauritania | -6.34% | 39.1% |
| 66th | Vanuatu | -6.29% | 23.1% |
| 67th | Serbia | -6.18% | -9.2% |
| 68th | Uganda | -6.04% | -38.8% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -6.00% | 6.3% |
| 70th | Iceland | -5.90% | 32.8% |
| 71st | Botswana | -5.89% | 8.1% |
| 72nd | Türkiye | -5.70% | -229.4% |
| 73rd | Benin | -5.57% | 16.8% |
| 74th | Kenya | -5.22% | -35.3% |
| 75th | Poland | -5.17% | -30.0% |
| 76th | Honduras | -5.08% | -33.0% |
| 77th | Romania | -4.99% | -7.4% |
| 78th | Barbados | -4.80% | 9.6% |
| 79th | Guinea | -4.77% | 15.4% |
| 80th | Fiji | -4.76% | -130.1% |
| 81st | Slovak Republic | -4.62% | -34.1% |
| 82nd | Malta | -4.61% | 28.2% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | -4.55% | -32.4% |
| 84th | Papua New Guinea | -4.51% | 58.9% |
| 85th | Comoros | -4.33% | -5.9% |
| 86th | Togo | -4.21% | -12.1% |
| 87th | Australia | -3.99% | 11.6% |
| 88th | Brazil | -3.93% | -123.4% |
| 89th | Namibia | -3.92% | -10.4% |
| 90th | Morocco | -3.89% | 21.0% |
| 91st | Senegal | -3.66% | 31.1% |
| 92nd | Afghanistan | -3.64% | -108.8% |
| 93rd | Canada | -3.60% | -23.6% |
| 94th | Spain | -3.58% | 10.0% |
| 95th | Czechia | -3.48% | -54.0% |
| 96th | Yemen, Republic of | -3.41% | 66.1% |
| 97th | India | -3.25% | -13.6% |
| 98th | Italy | -3.24% | -78.1% |
| 99th | Costa Rica | -3.22% | -76.8% |
| 100th | Cameroon | -3.12% | 22.6% |
| 101st | Colombia | -3.00% | -57.1% |
| 102nd | Sudan | -2.93% | 67.4% |
| 103rd | Viet Nam | -2.90% | 43.3% |
| 104th | El Salvador | -2.89% | -62.8% |
| 105th | United States | -2.87% | -9.4% |
| 106th | Chad | -2.85% | 27.7% |
| 107th | United Kingdom | -2.76% | 10.1% |
| 108th | Belize | -2.62% | 46.7% |
| 109th | Croatia | -2.52% | 61.2% |
| 110th | Peru | -2.42% | -366.4% |
| 111th | New Zealand | -2.33% | -7.5% |
| 112th | Ecuador | -2.32% | -545.6% |
| 113th | Ukraine | -2.14% | -44.4% |
| 114th | North Macedonia | -2.11% | 68.9% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -2.06% | 7.8% |
| 116th | Bulgaria | -1.90% | 77.1% |
| 117th | Guatemala | -1.89% | -1,092.4% |
| 118th | Sri Lanka | -1.83% | -324.4% |
| 119th | Burkina Faso | -1.80% | 55.5% |
| 120th | Uruguay | -1.74% | -49.4% |
| 121st | South Africa | -1.30% | 46.7% |
| 122nd | Paraguay | -1.13% | -165.0% |
| 123rd | Haiti | -0.86% | 18.5% |
| 124th | France | -0.83% | -51.6% |
| 125th | Nepal | -0.80% | -121.8% |
| 126th | Pakistan | -0.69% | 86.1% |
| 127th | Slovenia | -0.69% | 33.5% |
| 128th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.60% | 79.6% |
| 129th | Argentina | -0.38% | -117.7% |
| 130th | Mexico | -0.34% | 54.8% |
| 131st | French Polynesia | -0.29% | 88.7% |
| 132nd | Hungary | -0.19% | 85.7% |
| 133rd | Kiribati | 0.12% | 101.0% |
| 134th | Lithuania | 0.20% | -90.3% |
| 135th | Lao PDR | 0.41% | 102.3% |
| 136th | Indonesia | 0.68% | -62.9% |
| 137th | Chile | 0.90% | -37.7% |
| 138th | Ireland | 1.05% | 122.4% |
| 139th | Gambia, The | 1.13% | 114.6% |
| 140th | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.33% | -72.4% |
| 141st | Finland | 1.39% | -30.2% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 1.52% | -7.7% |
| 143rd | Estonia | 1.74% | -31.6% |
| 144th | Latvia | 1.76% | -77.7% |
| 145th | Kazakhstan | 1.81% | 1,646.1% |
| 146th | Bangladesh | 1.83% | 7.7% |
| 147th | Korea | 2.34% | -30.4% |
| 148th | Israel | 2.69% | 3.3% |
| 149th | Bahrain | 2.87% | 22.7% |
| 150th | Austria | 2.94% | 12.6% |
| 151st | Myanmar | 3.18% | 203.2% |
| 152nd | Thailand | 3.37% | -57.3% |
| 153rd | Philippines | 3.45% | -28.2% |
| 154th | Nigeria | 3.57% | 9.7% |
| 155th | Japan | 3.84% | 39.7% |
| 156th | China | 3.84% | -18.3% |
| 157th | United Arab Emirates | 3.96% | 28.0% |
| 158th | Russian Federation | 4.42% | 14.8% |
| 159th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.45% | -4.5% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 4.47% | -76.0% |
| 161st | Uzbekistan | 4.58% | 9.1% |
| 162nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.60% | 147.2% |
| 163rd | Iraq | 4.68% | 166.4% |
| 164th | Germany | 5.77% | -0.6% |
| 165th | Luxembourg | 5.81% | 0.5% |
| 166th | Sweden | 5.93% | 0.0% |
| 167th | Faroe Islands | 6.19% | 676.7% |
| 168th | Denmark | 6.40% | 78.4% |
| 169th | Netherlands | 6.41% | 91.8% |
| 170th | Congo, Republic of | 6.85% | 148.6% |
| 171st | Algeria | 6.87% | 2,417.8% |
| 172nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7.00% | -29.1% |
| 173rd | Zambia | 7.53% | 26.4% |
| 174th | Oman | 7.59% | 942.9% |
| 175th | Angola | 7.86% | 184.8% |
| 176th | Malaysia | 10.06% | -32.2% |
| 177th | Bermuda | 10.49% | 20.1% |
| 178th | Norway | 11.66% | 3.1% |
| 179th | Saudi Arabia | 13.54% | 105.1% |
| 180th | Switzerland | 13.76% | 125.3% |
| 181st | Suriname | 14.90% | 455.5% |
| 182nd | Gabon | 17.07% | 158.7% |
| 183rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.83% | 125.1% |
| 184th | Qatar | 20.01% | 176.2% |
| 185th | Libya | 22.29% | 44.4% |
| 186th | Singapore | 22.93% | 39.9% |
| 187th | Azerbaijan | 28.43% | 23.8% |
| 188th | Kuwait | 32.05% | 20.1% |
| 189th | Brunei Darussalam | 36.60% | 9.4% |
| 190th | Macao SAR, China | 38.92% | 41.3% |
| 191st | Nauru | 49.78% | -22.4% |
| 192nd | Timor-Leste | 189.52% | 15.2% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's current account balance in 2010?▾
South Africa's current account balance in 2010 was -1.30%. This ranked 121st globally.
How did South Africa's current account balance change in 2010?▾
South Africa's current account balance increased by 46.7% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2010?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest current account balance in 2010 at 189.52%.
What is the current account balance of South Africa in 2010?▾
The current account balance of South Africa in 2010 was -1.30%. This ranked 121st globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for South Africa's current account balance?▾
South Africa's current account balance went from -2.38% in 2009 to -1.30% in 2010, a 46.7% increase.
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