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Bangladesh Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Bangladesh › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Bangladesh indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Taka
Currency Symbol: BDT

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Bangladesh , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2010 is 1.389 %

This makes Bangladesh No. 50 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Bangladesh is 4.07 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bangladesh was 3.31 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bangladesh in 2010 was or will be 58.05% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bangladesh was or will be -1.04 %, which is 174.87% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bangladesh, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -0.25
  2015 -0.477
  2014 -0.745
  2013 -0.964
  2012 -1.178
  2011 -1.04
2010 1.389
  2009 3.311
  2008 1.917
  2007 1.121
  2006 1.172
  2005 0.012
  2004 -0.322
  2003 0.323
  2002 0.336
  2001 -0.912
  2000 -1.44
  1999 -0.875
  1998 -1.05
  1997 -1.534
  1996 -2.4
  1995 -2.3
  1994 -0.9
  1993 -0.4
  1992 -0.4
  1991 -1.1
  1990 -3.1
  1989 -4.3
  1988 -4.4
  1987 -2
  1986 -2.6
  1985 -3.5
  1984 -3
  1983 -2.2
  1982 -3.8
  1981 -3.619
  1980 -1.275