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Canada Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Canada › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Canada 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: Canadian Dollar
Currency Symbol: CAD

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 Canada , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Canada in year 2010 is -3.082 %

This makes Canada No. 84 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Canada is 0.40 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Canada was -2.85 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Canada in 2010 was or will be 8.14% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Canada was or will be -2.82 %, which is 8.37% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Canada, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -1.302
  2015 -1.535
  2014 -1.994
  2013 -2.356
  2012 -2.65
  2011 -2.824
2010 -3.082
  2009 -2.85
  2008 0.432
  2007 0.835
  2006 1.413
  2005 1.885
  2004 2.311
  2003 1.208
  2002 1.715
  2001 2.266
  2000 2.719
  1999 0.262
  1998 -1.242
  1997 -1.291
  1996 0.55
  1995 -0.753
  1994 -2.3
  1993 -3.863
  1992 -3.62
  1991 -3.739
  1990 -3.403
  1989 -3.924
  1988 -2.99
  1987 -3.186
  1986 -3.027
  1985 -1.612
  1984 -0.372
  1983 -0.762
  1982 0.606
  1981 -4.16
  1980 -2.265