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Germany Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Germany › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Germany 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: Euro
Currency Symbol: EUR

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 Germany , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Germany in year 2010 is 5.311 %

This makes Germany No. 25 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Germany is 7.99 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Germany was 5.00 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Germany in 2010 was or will be 6.20% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Germany was or will be 5.14 %, which is 3.28% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Germany, in other Years
Year %
  2016 3.621
  2015 3.99
  2014 4.256
  2013 4.337
  2012 4.558
  2011 5.137
2010 5.311
  2009 5.001
  2008 6.729
  2007 7.611
  2006 6.452
  2005 5.112
  2004 4.651
  2003 1.891
  2002 2.005
  2001 0.02
  2000 -1.708
  1999 -1.251
  1998 -0.747
  1997 -0.463
  1996 -0.575
  1995 -1.172
  1994 -1.419
  1993 -0.949
  1992 -1.1
  1991 -1.336
  1990 2.929
  1989 4.556
  1988 4.148
  1987 3.854
  1986 4.214
  1985 2.651
  1984 1.472
  1983 0.609
  1982 0.678
  1981 -0.667
  1980 -1.725