Economic Outlook No 117 — Current account balance by country
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What the numbers show
Economic Outlook No 117 — Current account balance is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 31.31 trillion in Japan; the lowest is -600.87 trillion in Indonesia.
The median across all reporting countries is -2.27 billion, and the mean is -17.66 trillion.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 2,476.3%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 4,600.4%).
Economic Outlook No 117 — Current account balance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 31.31 trillion | 2026 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Norway | 677.54 billion | 2026 | up 441.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Hungary | 465.44 billion | 2026 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Sweden | 460.90 billion | 2026 | up 457.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Denmark | 391.77 billion | 2026 | up 163.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 171.49 billion | 2026 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Ireland | 81.60 billion | 2026 | up 2,476.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Israel | 75.63 billion | 2026 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Czechia | 67.75 billion | 2026 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Switzerland | 59.23 billion | 2026 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Spain | 48.59 billion | 2026 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Italy | 27.31 billion | 2026 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Peru | 23.91 billion | 2026 | up 260.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 13.51 billion | 2026 | up 224.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Austria | 7.78 billion | 2026 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Portugal | 3.53 billion | 2026 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium | 255.50 million | 2026 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 18 | France | -1.94 billion | 2026 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Finland | -2.60 billion | 2026 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Bulgaria | -6.32 billion | 2026 | down 318.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Greece | -13.22 billion | 2026 | down 268.9% | volatile |
| 22 | New Zealand | -22.19 billion | 2026 | down 302.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | -32.95 billion | 2026 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Australia | -65.20 billion | 2026 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 25 | United Kingdom | -109.35 billion | 2026 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Iceland | -140.04 billion | 2026 | down 172.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Mexico | -145.91 billion | 2026 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Romania | -174.45 billion | 2026 | down 1,013.4% | volatile |
| 29 | India | -243.49 billion | 2026 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | -350.65 billion | 2026 | down 230.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Costa Rica | -1.07 trillion | 2026 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 32 | United States | -1.09 trillion | 2026 | down 175.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | -2.91 trillion | 2026 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Argentina | -10.57 trillion | 2026 | down 4,600.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | -51.85 trillion | 2026 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | -600.87 trillion | 2026 | down 165.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 153.48 trillion
- Dynamic Asian economies 296.51 billion
- Netherlands 111.77 billion
- Croatia -925.74 million
- Slovenia 3.02 billion
- Slovak Republic -5.23 billion
- Lithuania 1.91 billion
- Estonia -1.22 billion
- Latvia -1.53 billion
- Poland -45.73 billion
- Türkiye -708.02 billion
About this data
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 (2025), OECD Economic Outlook No 117 (Edition 2025/1) EO117 Database documentation EO117 Last historical points gdp inflation cpi population unemployment real gdp gdp per capita employment OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact : eco.outlook@oecd.org Keywords : Outlook, forecasts, forecast, GDP