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Japan Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Japan › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Japan 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: Yen
Currency Symbol: JPY

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 Japan , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Japan in year 2010 is 3.568 %

This makes Japan No. 37 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Japan is 6.25 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Japan was 2.82 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Japan in 2010 was or will be 26.70% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Japan was or will be 2.30 %, which is 35.45% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Japan, in other Years
Year %
  2016 2.01
  2015 2.089
  2014 2.144
  2013 2.244
  2012 2.341
  2011 2.303
2010 3.568
  2009 2.816
  2008 3.219
  2007 4.819
  2006 3.907
  2005 3.64
  2004 3.736
  2003 3.221
  2002 2.874
  2001 2.144
  2000 2.563
  1999 2.622
  1998 3.087
  1997 2.266
  1996 1.416
  1995 2.116
  1994 2.732
  1993 3.034
  1992 2.959
  1991 1.962
  1990 1.437
  1989 2.127
  1988 2.668
  1987 3.453
  1986 4.261
  1985 3.75
  1984 2.745
  1983 1.733
  1982 0.622
  1981 0.402
  1980 -1.004