South Africa - Current Account Balance 2016
-2.63%
+1.71% from 2015
South Africa's current account balance was -2.63% in 2016, increased +1.71% from -4.31% in 2015. This was the 102nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | -33.69% | 8.5% |
| 2nd | Congo, Republic of | -32.90% | 15.6% |
| 3rd | Timor-Leste | -32.50% | -353.8% |
| 4th | Guinea | -31.93% | -154.6% |
| 5th | Turkmenistan | -26.81% | -27.5% |
| 6th | Bhutan | -26.41% | -3.5% |
| 7th | Equatorial Guinea | -25.98% | -58.1% |
| 8th | Maldives | -23.41% | -214.2% |
| 9th | São Tomé and Principe | -21.04% | -44.7% |
| 10th | Lebanon | -20.48% | -19.7% |
| 11th | Curaçao | -19.35% | -14.0% |
| 12th | Oman | -16.61% | -20.7% |
| 13th | Montenegro | -16.24% | -46.1% |
| 14th | Palau | -16.00% | -19.5% |
| 15th | Rwanda | -15.31% | -20.7% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | -14.95% | -503.1% |
| 17th | Algeria | -14.50% | 0.4% |
| 18th | Cayman Islands | -14.39% | - |
| 19th | West Bank and Gaza | -13.91% | -0.2% |
| 20th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -13.08% | 16.1% |
| 21st | Malawi | -12.71% | -4.1% |
| 22nd | Burundi | -12.52% | -8.6% |
| 23rd | Georgia | -12.24% | -5.5% |
| 24th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -12.08% | -49.0% |
| 25th | Kyrgyz Republic | -11.63% | 26.6% |
| 26th | Niger | -11.36% | 26.0% |
| 27th | Mauritania | -11.05% | 28.6% |
| 28th | Lesotho | -10.50% | -54.9% |
| 29th | Sudan | -9.88% | -16.8% |
| 30th | Jordan | -9.66% | -7.3% |
| 31st | Libya | -9.43% | 50.1% |
| 32nd | Grenada | -8.85% | 16.6% |
| 33rd | Vanuatu | -8.76% | 42.0% |
| 34th | Lao PDR | -8.70% | 44.7% |
| 35th | Tunisia | -8.53% | 6.7% |
| 36th | Nicaragua | -8.48% | 14.1% |
| 37th | Dominica | -8.45% | -19.4% |
| 38th | Tonga | -8.25% | 24.5% |
| 39th | Liberia | -8.12% | 71.5% |
| 40th | Marshall Islands | -8.03% | -170.4% |
| 41st | Barbados | -7.97% | -46.1% |
| 42nd | Kosovo | -7.93% | 8.7% |
| 43rd | Yemen, Republic of | -7.72% | -176.3% |
| 44th | Panama | -7.54% | 12.7% |
| 45th | Albania | -7.51% | 12.8% |
| 46th | New Caledonia | -7.50% | 41.5% |
| 47th | Belize | -7.30% | 8.4% |
| 48th | Togo | -7.19% | 3.7% |
| 49th | Cambodia | -6.53% | 10.0% |
| 50th | St. Lucia | -6.34% | -1,228.8% |
| 51st | Mongolia | -6.26% | 23.3% |
| 52nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -6.16% | -77.8% |
| 53rd | Burkina Faso | -6.08% | 19.7% |
| 54th | Mali | -6.07% | -14.0% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | -5.98% | 52.1% |
| 56th | South Sudan | -5.77% | -72.5% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -5.62% | 3.5% |
| 58th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -5.52% | -157.4% |
| 59th | United Kingdom | -5.46% | -10.4% |
| 60th | Qatar | -5.45% | -164.1% |
| 61st | Gabon | -5.41% | -652.4% |
| 62nd | Kenya | -5.40% | -6.3% |
| 63rd | Tajikistan | -5.23% | 13.8% |
| 64th | Angola | -5.15% | 34.0% |
| 65th | Gambia, The | -5.13% | 48.1% |
| 66th | Kazakhstan | -5.07% | 6.3% |
| 67th | Ghana | -5.04% | 11.7% |
| 68th | Central African Republic | -4.93% | 40.4% |
| 69th | Suriname | -4.84% | 68.5% |
| 70th | Sierra Leone | -4.83% | 67.5% |
| 71st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -4.70% | 6.6% |
| 72nd | Samoa | -4.55% | -72.8% |
| 73rd | Zambia | -4.55% | -69.4% |
| 74th | Colombia | -4.45% | 30.1% |
| 75th | Bahrain | -4.41% | -90.5% |
| 76th | Comoros | -4.35% | -1,598.7% |
| 77th | Senegal | -4.18% | 26.9% |
| 78th | Chad | -4.09% | 10.1% |
| 79th | Saudi Arabia | -3.91% | 48.5% |
| 80th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -3.90% | -5.6% |
| 81st | Cyprus | -3.87% | -1,338.7% |
| 82nd | Mauritius | -3.85% | -10.9% |
| 83rd | Morocco | -3.75% | -91.0% |
| 84th | Moldova | -3.61% | 39.3% |
| 85th | Fiji | -3.61% | -10.7% |
| 86th | Australia | -3.60% | 23.6% |
| 87th | Azerbaijan | -3.60% | -757.3% |
| 88th | Solomon Islands | -3.54% | -33.3% |
| 89th | Cabo Verde | -3.47% | -19.5% |
| 90th | Zimbabwe | -3.39% | 40.3% |
| 91st | Belarus | -3.38% | -3.9% |
| 92nd | Trinidad and Tobago | -3.29% | -142.9% |
| 93rd | Honduras | -3.14% | 32.7% |
| 94th | Canada | -3.09% | 11.5% |
| 95th | Cameroon | -3.07% | 15.8% |
| 96th | Myanmar | -3.03% | 44.0% |
| 97th | Benin | -3.00% | 49.8% |
| 98th | Serbia | -2.82% | 15.0% |
| 99th | Uganda | -2.73% | 50.2% |
| 100th | Argentina | -2.71% | 1.2% |
| 101st | North Macedonia | -2.66% | -52.0% |
| 102nd | South Africa | -2.63% | 39.3% |
| 103rd | Chile | -2.62% | 4.1% |
| 104th | Seychelles | -2.61% | 85.4% |
| 105th | Türkiye | -2.55% | -3.5% |
| 106th | Tanzania | -2.45% | 68.4% |
| 107th | Antigua and Barbuda | -2.39% | -217.4% |
| 108th | Peru | -2.29% | 50.1% |
| 109th | Pakistan | -2.29% | -144.2% |
| 110th | El Salvador | -2.27% | 29.3% |
| 111th | Mexico | -2.27% | 12.5% |
| 112th | New Zealand | -2.15% | 23.6% |
| 113th | Costa Rica | -2.14% | 37.2% |
| 114th | United States | -2.12% | 5.1% |
| 115th | Romania | -2.10% | -224.6% |
| 116th | Ukraine | -2.00% | -216.1% |
| 117th | Finland | -1.98% | -118.3% |
| 118th | Sri Lanka | -1.98% | 10.5% |
| 119th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -1.86% | -245.0% |
| 120th | Indonesia | -1.82% | 10.6% |
| 121st | Brazil | -1.70% | 51.7% |
| 122nd | Haiti | -1.69% | 7.4% |
| 123rd | Greece | -1.69% | -13.6% |
| 124th | Slovak Republic | -1.42% | 31.3% |
| 125th | Ireland | -1.19% | -119.4% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | -1.08% | 40.2% |
| 127th | Poland | -1.07% | 19.3% |
| 128th | Lithuania | -1.01% | 59.5% |
| 129th | Djibouti | -1.00% | -103.4% |
| 130th | Armenia | -0.96% | 64.1% |
| 131st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.86% | -94.5% |
| 132nd | Nepal | -0.68% | -115.6% |
| 133rd | Malta | -0.55% | -120.9% |
| 134th | France | -0.54% | -65.7% |
| 135th | India | -0.53% | 49.7% |
| 136th | Philippines | -0.38% | -115.9% |
| 137th | Jamaica | -0.29% | 89.9% |
| 138th | Namibia | -0.02% | 99.9% |
| 139th | Viet Nam | 0.24% | 128.2% |
| 140th | Uzbekistan | 0.25% | -76.3% |
| 141st | Bangladesh | 0.35% | -71.4% |
| 142nd | Madagascar | 0.38% | 123.3% |
| 143rd | Belgium | 0.56% | -59.8% |
| 144th | Kuwait | 0.59% | -83.2% |
| 145th | Uruguay | 0.83% | 426.1% |
| 146th | Ecuador | 0.92% | 140.3% |
| 147th | Guatemala | 0.96% | 177.6% |
| 148th | Estonia | 1.00% | -32.5% |
| 149th | Nigeria | 1.25% | 156.6% |
| 150th | Iraq | 1.29% | 132.9% |
| 151st | Guinea-Bissau | 1.36% | -25.3% |
| 152nd | Portugal | 1.43% | 182.3% |
| 153rd | China | 1.67% | -35.5% |
| 154th | Czechia | 1.75% | 291.8% |
| 155th | Latvia | 1.76% | 1,772.9% |
| 156th | Russian Federation | 1.92% | -61.6% |
| 157th | Sweden | 2.01% | -26.1% |
| 158th | Nauru | 2.13% | 110.9% |
| 159th | Malaysia | 2.37% | -20.7% |
| 160th | Italy | 2.46% | 98.0% |
| 161st | Croatia | 2.46% | -3.4% |
| 162nd | Austria | 2.57% | 63.1% |
| 163rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.77% | 958.0% |
| 164th | Bulgaria | 3.10% | 18,148.6% |
| 165th | Spain | 3.16% | 54.4% |
| 166th | Israel | 3.16% | -29.8% |
| 167th | Guyana | 3.37% | 198.0% |
| 168th | United Arab Emirates | 3.46% | -24.7% |
| 169th | Japan | 3.94% | 28.3% |
| 170th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.95% | 19.2% |
| 171st | Norway | 3.98% | -55.7% |
| 172nd | Hungary | 4.40% | 103.3% |
| 173rd | Paraguay | 4.61% | 2,303.6% |
| 174th | Aruba | 4.73% | 21.9% |
| 175th | Slovenia | 5.29% | 28.6% |
| 176th | Korea | 6.20% | -9.2% |
| 177th | Netherlands | 7.15% | 48.6% |
| 178th | Denmark | 7.15% | -10.1% |
| 179th | Switzerland | 7.23% | -21.3% |
| 180th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.27% | 60.9% |
| 181st | Luxembourg | 7.42% | 32.3% |
| 182nd | French Polynesia | 7.49% | 37.1% |
| 183rd | Botswana | 7.97% | 258.2% |
| 184th | Eswatini | 7.99% | -40.7% |
| 185th | Germany | 8.90% | 9.9% |
| 186th | Iceland | 9.10% | 44.4% |
| 187th | Kiribati | 9.31% | -68.2% |
| 188th | Thailand | 10.51% | 51.9% |
| 189th | Bermuda | 12.26% | -13.5% |
| 190th | Brunei Darussalam | 12.89% | -22.7% |
| 191st | Eritrea | 13.43% | -40.0% |
| 192nd | Papua New Guinea | 13.63% | 23.1% |
| 193rd | Singapore | 18.01% | -3.7% |
| 194th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.55% | 44.3% |
| 195th | Macao SAR, China | 26.60% | 14.0% |
| 196th | Liechtenstein | 29.11% | 491.1% |
| 197th | Tuvalu | 29.64% | 188.1% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's current account balance in 2016?▾
South Africa's current account balance in 2016 was -2.63%. This ranked 102nd globally.
How did South Africa's current account balance change in 2016?▾
South Africa's current account balance increased by 39.3% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2016?▾
Tuvalu had the highest current account balance in 2016 at 29.64%.
What is the current account balance of South Africa in 2016?▾
The current account balance of South Africa in 2016 was -2.63%. This ranked 102nd globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for South Africa's current account balance?▾
South Africa's current account balance went from -4.31% in 2015 to -2.63% in 2016, a 39.3% increase.
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