Sri Lanka - Current Account Balance 2009
-0.51%
+7.55% from 2008
Sri Lanka's current account balance was -0.51% in 2009, increased +7.55% from -9.54% in 2008. This was the 133rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tuvalu | -60.22% | -132.6% |
| 2nd | São Tomé and Principe | -39.26% | -122.9% |
| 3rd | Tonga | -30.04% | -385.4% |
| 4th | Montenegro | -27.80% | 43.9% |
| 5th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -25.68% | 18.2% |
| 6th | Seychelles | -22.27% | -20.5% |
| 7th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -21.13% | -22.9% |
| 8th | Turkmenistan | -20.80% | -217.1% |
| 9th | Dominica | -19.67% | 30.6% |
| 10th | Lebanon | -19.04% | -29.2% |
| 11th | Madagascar | -18.17% | -16.2% |
| 12th | Niger | -18.03% | -100.6% |
| 13th | Marshall Islands | -17.46% | -1,835.6% |
| 14th | Grenada | -16.92% | 35.7% |
| 15th | Armenia | -16.48% | -15.9% |
| 16th | Liberia | -15.68% | 48.0% |
| 17th | Albania | -15.02% | 4.8% |
| 18th | Tajikistan | -14.41% | 30.1% |
| 19th | West Bank and Gaza | -14.14% | -371.6% |
| 20th | Congo, Republic of | -14.10% | -289.0% |
| 21st | Micronesia, Federated States of | -13.93% | 27.0% |
| 22nd | Cabo Verde | -13.22% | -5.7% |
| 23rd | Antigua and Barbuda | -13.05% | 39.7% |
| 24th | Belarus | -12.05% | -52.7% |
| 25th | Kiribati | -11.82% | -237.6% |
| 26th | Eswatini | -11.75% | -62.6% |
| 27th | Eritrea | -11.32% | -48.1% |
| 28th | Greece | -11.00% | 25.1% |
| 29th | Georgia | -10.60% | 50.4% |
| 30th | Kosovo | -10.41% | 20.4% |
| 31st | Mauritania | -10.41% | -11.6% |
| 32nd | Portugal | -10.32% | 12.8% |
| 33rd | Yemen, Republic of | -10.06% | -116.3% |
| 34th | Mozambique | -10.00% | -12.6% |
| 35th | Equatorial Guinea | -9.73% | -224.0% |
| 36th | Sudan | -9.54% | -72.2% |
| 37th | New Caledonia | -9.46% | 39.5% |
| 38th | Maldives | -9.42% | 64.9% |
| 39th | Jamaica | -9.30% | 53.1% |
| 40th | Angola | -9.27% | -227.3% |
| 41st | Burundi | -9.08% | 7.6% |
| 42nd | Moldova | -8.92% | 44.6% |
| 43rd | Iceland | -8.87% | 57.4% |
| 44th | Central African Republic | -8.71% | 10.4% |
| 45th | Barbados | -8.53% | 0.0% |
| 46th | St. Lucia | -8.47% | 65.3% |
| 47th | Nicaragua | -8.45% | 50.5% |
| 48th | Sierra Leone | -8.27% | -44.0% |
| 49th | Bulgaria | -8.18% | 62.9% |
| 50th | Bahamas, The | -8.10% | 2.1% |
| 51st | Zimbabwe | -7.55% | -441.5% |
| 52nd | Mongolia | -7.46% | 39.3% |
| 53rd | Solomon Islands | -7.40% | 32.4% |
| 54th | Guyana | -7.28% | 21.9% |
| 55th | Ghana | -7.28% | 11.6% |
| 56th | Mauritius | -7.07% | 26.3% |
| 57th | Djibouti | -6.78% | 79.7% |
| 58th | Benin | -6.69% | -21.7% |
| 59th | Rwanda | -6.67% | -42.7% |
| 60th | Cyprus | -6.67% | 54.7% |
| 61st | Croatia | -6.56% | 40.2% |
| 62nd | North Macedonia | -6.48% | 49.3% |
| 63rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -6.45% | 53.2% |
| 64th | Botswana | -6.41% | -559.9% |
| 65th | Malta | -6.39% | -517.6% |
| 66th | Viet Nam | -6.23% | 27.9% |
| 67th | Tanzania | -6.16% | 19.6% |
| 68th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -6.04% | -870.4% |
| 69th | Malawi | -6.03% | 43.7% |
| 70th | Guinea | -6.01% | 8.8% |
| 71st | Serbia | -5.96% | 68.8% |
| 72nd | Cambodia | -5.93% | -5.3% |
| 73rd | Mali | -5.41% | 60.1% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | -5.35% | -76.9% |
| 75th | Senegal | -5.31% | 53.1% |
| 76th | Australia | -5.21% | -7.4% |
| 77th | Papua New Guinea | -5.09% | -193.8% |
| 78th | Jordan | -5.07% | 44.2% |
| 79th | Bhutan | -4.95% | 39.7% |
| 80th | Morocco | -4.91% | -6.1% |
| 81st | Belize | -4.91% | 41.1% |
| 82nd | Dominican Republic | -4.78% | 49.1% |
| 83rd | Romania | -4.73% | 58.7% |
| 84th | Comoros | -4.35% | 28.2% |
| 85th | Fiji | -4.32% | 67.7% |
| 86th | Kyrgyz Republic | -4.31% | 68.7% |
| 87th | Uganda | -4.17% | 23.6% |
| 88th | Burkina Faso | -4.04% | 60.5% |
| 89th | Cameroon | -4.02% | -146.8% |
| 90th | Kenya | -3.99% | 16.5% |
| 91st | Poland | -3.95% | 41.6% |
| 92nd | Chad | -3.94% | -222.3% |
| 93rd | Spain | -3.94% | 55.2% |
| 94th | Honduras | -3.82% | 75.1% |
| 95th | Togo | -3.76% | 22.8% |
| 96th | Namibia | -3.54% | -3,182.3% |
| 97th | Slovak Republic | -3.38% | 46.8% |
| 98th | Palau | -3.24% | 86.0% |
| 99th | United Kingdom | -3.02% | 21.8% |
| 100th | Canada | -2.97% | -2,117.9% |
| 101st | Lesotho | -2.95% | -120.0% |
| 102nd | Tunisia | -2.84% | 35.8% |
| 103rd | United States | -2.62% | 44.4% |
| 104th | French Polynesia | -2.60% | 57.0% |
| 105th | New Zealand | -2.47% | 68.1% |
| 106th | South Africa | -2.38% | 52.5% |
| 107th | Czechia | -2.35% | -26.2% |
| 108th | Pakistan | -2.13% | 68.7% |
| 109th | Ireland | -2.12% | 66.1% |
| 110th | India | -1.95% | 16.2% |
| 111th | Colombia | -1.91% | 28.8% |
| 112th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.90% | -48.6% |
| 113th | Costa Rica | -1.82% | 78.2% |
| 114th | Samoa | -1.78% | 62.4% |
| 115th | Italy | -1.77% | 34.8% |
| 116th | El Salvador | -1.77% | 79.2% |
| 117th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.77% | -440.5% |
| 118th | Brazil | -1.76% | 16.2% |
| 119th | Türkiye | -1.74% | 65.3% |
| 120th | Ukraine | -1.43% | 79.7% |
| 121st | Hungary | -1.22% | 83.7% |
| 122nd | Uruguay | -1.17% | 79.0% |
| 123rd | Faroe Islands | -1.07% | 12.6% |
| 124th | Haiti | -1.05% | 46.1% |
| 125th | Lao PDR | -1.04% | 93.3% |
| 126th | Slovenia | -1.03% | 80.7% |
| 127th | Iraq | -1.01% | -106.7% |
| 128th | France | -0.82% | -17.9% |
| 129th | Oman | -0.78% | -110.8% |
| 130th | Panama | -0.76% | 91.3% |
| 131st | Mexico | -0.75% | 46.6% |
| 132nd | Peru | -0.60% | 86.3% |
| 133rd | Sri Lanka | -0.51% | 93.7% |
| 134th | Kazakhstan | -0.12% | -112.1% |
| 135th | Nepal | 0.17% | -93.1% |
| 136th | Guatemala | 0.19% | 105.0% |
| 137th | Algeria | 0.29% | -98.5% |
| 138th | Ecuador | 0.52% | -82.0% |
| 139th | Chile | 1.44% | 134.3% |
| 140th | Vanuatu | 1.73% | 116.2% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 1.74% | 383.6% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 1.81% | 279.9% |
| 143rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.86% | -59.3% |
| 144th | Gambia, The | 1.93% | 125.5% |
| 145th | Indonesia | 1.97% | 8,853.5% |
| 146th | Finland | 2.10% | -17.4% |
| 147th | Argentina | 2.18% | 46.1% |
| 148th | Afghanistan | 2.24% | -93.4% |
| 149th | Lithuania | 2.24% | 117.0% |
| 150th | Bahrain | 2.44% | -71.0% |
| 151st | Austria | 2.58% | -42.9% |
| 152nd | Myanmar | 2.67% | 184.4% |
| 153rd | Estonia | 2.68% | 130.9% |
| 154th | Japan | 2.75% | -1.4% |
| 155th | Israel | 2.83% | 456.7% |
| 156th | Suriname | 2.87% | -66.5% |
| 157th | United Arab Emirates | 3.10% | -56.2% |
| 158th | Netherlands | 3.35% | -15.0% |
| 159th | Korea | 3.37% | 2,003.6% |
| 160th | Bangladesh | 3.47% | 1,271.6% |
| 161st | Denmark | 3.67% | 28.1% |
| 162nd | Russian Federation | 4.12% | -29.5% |
| 163rd | China | 4.69% | -48.1% |
| 164th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.69% | -60.5% |
| 165th | Nigeria | 4.70% | -23.8% |
| 166th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.79% | 255.3% |
| 167th | Philippines | 4.80% | 5,901.0% |
| 168th | Uzbekistan | 5.23% | -41.1% |
| 169th | Luxembourg | 5.52% | -10.0% |
| 170th | Germany | 5.88% | 4.9% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 5.88% | -78.1% |
| 172nd | Zambia | 5.95% | 278.8% |
| 173rd | Sweden | 5.97% | -23.0% |
| 174th | Switzerland | 6.32% | 286.1% |
| 175th | Gabon | 6.64% | -73.0% |
| 176th | Aruba | 6.72% | 37,246.6% |
| 177th | Qatar | 7.24% | -69.3% |
| 178th | Thailand | 7.88% | 2,369.1% |
| 179th | Latvia | 8.01% | 162.2% |
| 180th | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.52% | -71.7% |
| 181st | Bermuda | 8.73% | -32.8% |
| 182nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.88% | -34.3% |
| 183rd | Norway | 11.64% | -27.9% |
| 184th | Libya | 15.43% | -63.9% |
| 185th | Malaysia | 15.72% | -3.5% |
| 186th | Singapore | 16.39% | 8.7% |
| 187th | Azerbaijan | 22.97% | -31.8% |
| 188th | Kuwait | 27.34% | -33.1% |
| 189th | Macao SAR, China | 27.54% | 77.0% |
| 190th | Brunei Darussalam | 33.39% | -23.3% |
| 191st | Nauru | 67.79% | 26.9% |
| 192nd | Timor-Leste | 176.76% | -43.9% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's current account balance in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's current account balance in 2009 was -0.51%. This ranked 133rd globally.
How did Sri Lanka's current account balance change in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's current account balance increased by 93.7% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2009?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest current account balance in 2009 at 176.76%.
What is the current account balance of Sri Lanka in 2009?▾
The current account balance of Sri Lanka in 2009 was -0.51%. This ranked 133rd globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Sri Lanka's current account balance?▾
Sri Lanka's current account balance went from -9.54% in 2008 to -0.51% in 2009, a 93.7% increase.
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