Indicator
Current account balance
The balance of a country's transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, income and transfers, as a share of GDP. A deficit means it spends more abroad than it earns and needs capital inflows to finance the gap.
Unit : % of GDP · Source : IMF, World Economic Outlook
- −6% or less
- −6% to −2%
- −2% to +2%
- +2% to +6%
- +6% or more
- no data
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | +14.5% | 2025 |
| 2 | Eritrea | +13.0% | 2019 |
| 3 | Ghana | +8.1% | 2025 |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | +5.8% | 2025 |
| 5 | Nigeria | +4.8% | 2025 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | +3.6% | 2025 |
| 7 | Cape Verde | +3.4% | 2025 |
| 8 | Botswana | +3.1% | 2025 |
| 9 | Eswatini | +2.4% | 2025 |
| 10 | Libya | +1.1% | 2025 |
| 11 | Angola | +0.3% | 2025 |
| 12 | Mali | +0.1% | 2025 |
| 13 | Comoros | -0.5% | 2025 |
| 14 | South Africa | -0.5% | 2025 |
| 15 | Côte d’Ivoire | -0.6% | 2025 |
| 16 | Chad | -0.6% | 2025 |
| 17 | Ethiopia | -0.8% | 2025 |
| 18 | Lesotho | -1.2% | 2025 |
| 19 | Senegal | -1.2% | 2025 |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | -2.4% | 2025 |
| 21 | Morocco | -2.4% | 2025 |
| 22 | Central African Republic | -2.6% | 2025 |
| 23 | Tanzania | -2.6% | 2025 |
| 24 | Kenya | -2.8% | 2025 |
| 25 | Togo | -2.8% | 2025 |
| 26 | Tunisia | -3.3% | 2025 |
| 27 | Congo - Kinshasa | -3.7% | 2025 |
| 28 | Niger | -3.7% | 2025 |
| 29 | Cameroon | -3.8% | 2025 |
| 30 | Gambia | -4.1% | 2025 |
| 31 | Egypt | -4.2% | 2025 |
| 32 | São Tomé & Príncipe | -4.3% | 2025 |
| 33 | Congo - Brazzaville | -5.1% | 2025 |
| 34 | Uganda | -5.1% | 2025 |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | -5.2% | 2025 |
| 36 | Zambia | -5.5% | 2025 |
| 37 | Benin | -5.7% | 2025 |
| 38 | Mauritania | -5.8% | 2025 |
| 39 | Gabon | -6.0% | 2025 |
| 40 | Madagascar | -6.0% | 2025 |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | -6.2% | 2025 |
| 42 | Burundi | -6.4% | 2025 |
| 43 | South Sudan | -6.4% | 2025 |
| 44 | Liberia | -7.0% | 2025 |
| 45 | Mauritius | -7.0% | 2025 |
| 46 | Seychelles | -7.7% | 2025 |
| 47 | Sudan | -8.6% | 2025 |
| 48 | Algeria | -8.9% | 2025 |
| 49 | Rwanda | -9.8% | 2025 |
| 50 | Namibia | -13.1% | 2025 |
| 51 | Mozambique | -13.5% | 2025 |
| 52 | Malawi | -13.8% | 2025 |
| 53 | Guinea | -14.7% | 2025 |
| 54 | Somalia | -24.3% | 2025 |
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook. Latest observed or estimated value from the source, excluding projections.
Method and source
Method and source
IMF World Economic Outlook data are published twice a year, in April and October. Values for the current and future years are projections; the ranking uses each country's latest observed or estimated year. Updated automatically every week on bifinances.