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Economic Outlook No 116 — Current account balance by country

The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the...

Countries reporting
36
Highest
25.47 trillion
Japan
Lowest
-146.67 trillion
Indonesia
Median
-126.98 million
Years covered
67
1960–2026
Data points
2,123

What the numbers show

Economic Outlook No 116 — Current account balance is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 25.47 trillion in Japan; the lowest is -146.67 trillion in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is -126.98 million, and the mean is -5.42 trillion.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 2,331.5%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 4,047.7%).

Economic Outlook No 116 — Current account balance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 25.47 trillion 2026 up 21.6% volatile
2 Hungary 2.22 trillion 2026 up 39.9% volatile
3 Norway 789.10 billion 2026 up 530.4% volatile
4 Sweden 556.63 billion 2026 up 573.1% volatile
5 Denmark 414.16 billion 2026 up 178.1% volatile
6 Germany 299.66 billion 2026 up 5.2% volatile
7 Israel 82.04 billion 2026 up 76.3% volatile
8 Ireland 76.63 billion 2026 up 2,331.5% volatile
9 Switzerland 64.67 billion 2026 up 31.1% volatile
10 Czechia 56.86 billion 2026 down 33.2% volatile
11 Spain 43.65 billion 2026 up 23.5% volatile
12 Italy 32.94 billion 2026 down 21.5% volatile
13 Peru 20.32 billion 2026 up 241.7% volatile
14 Austria 15.53 billion 2026 up 69.6% volatile
15 Luxembourg 5.16 billion 2026 up 23.9% rising
16 Portugal 2.64 billion 2026 down 0.1% volatile
17 Belgium 2.03 billion 2026 down 14.2% volatile
18 Finland 1.19 billion 2026 up 131.4% volatile
19 Bulgaria -1.44 billion 2026 down 150.0% volatile
20 France -2.96 billion 2026 up 74.9% volatile
21 Greece -13.68 billion 2026 down 272.3% volatile
22 New Zealand -23.37 billion 2026 down 323.6% volatile
23 Canada -31.16 billion 2026 up 50.2% volatile
24 Iceland -47.74 billion 2026 down 124.8% volatile
25 Australia -69.02 billion 2026 down 23.5% volatile
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -77.76 billion 2026 up 28.3% volatile
27 Romania -152.57 billion 2026 down 1,162.0% volatile
28 Mexico -206.75 billion 2026 up 58.0% volatile
29 Brazil -266.75 billion 2026 down 151.5% volatile
30 Costa Rica -1.15 trillion 2026 down 70.9% volatile
31 United States of America -1.19 trillion 2026 down 199.6% volatile
32 India -4.48 trillion 2026 down 350.5% volatile
33 Chile -8.78 trillion 2026 down 72.8% volatile
34 Argentina -9.33 trillion 2026 down 4,047.7% volatile
35 Colombia -52.76 trillion 2026 down 36.9% volatile
36 Indonesia -146.67 trillion 2026 up 35.1% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Economic Outlook No 116 — Current account balance
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
49 places, 2,123 data points, 1960–2026
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The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments. OECD (2024), OECD Economic Outlook No 116 (Edition 2024/2) EO116 Database documentation EO116 Last historical points OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact: eco.outlook@oecd.org