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Botswana Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Botswana › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Botswana 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: Pula
Currency Symbol: BWP

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 Botswana , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Botswana in year 2010 is -2.484 %

This makes Botswana No. 77 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Botswana is 0.20 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Botswana was -5.53 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Botswana in 2010 was or will be 55.05% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Botswana was or will be -2.45 %, which is 1.57% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Botswana, in other Years
Year %
  2016 4.028
  2015 3.471
  2014 2.604
  2013 1.706
  2012 -0.016
  2011 -2.445
2010 -2.484
  2009 -5.526
  2008 7.493
  2007 15
  2006 17.225
  2005 15.199
  2004 3.48
  2003 5.716
  2002 3.229
  2001 9.908
  2000 9.68
  1999 10.539
  1998 3.77
  1997 13.959
  1996 10.127
  1995 6.118
  1994 5.211
  1993 9.557
  1992 4.574
  1991 7.311
  1990 -0.473
  1989 5.804
  1988 4.312
  1987 22.351
  1986 2.432
  1985 2.757
  1984 -14.141
  1983 -15.366
  1982 -23.139
  1981 -39.492
  1980 -26.209