Panama Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Panama › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Panama 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: Balboa
Currency Symbol: PAB

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 Panama , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Panama in year 2010 is -11.175 %

This makes Panama No. 150 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Panama is 8.50 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Panama was -0.22 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Panama in 2010 was or will be 5.00% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Panama was or will be -12.55 %, which is 12.30% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Panama, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -6.765
  2015 -6.916
  2014 -10.454
  2013 -11.832
  2012 -12.584
  2011 -12.549
2010 -11.175
  2009 -0.215
  2008 -11.876
  2007 -7.222
  2006 -3.119
  2005 -4.91
  2004 -7.486
  2003 -4.481
  2002 -0.778
  2001 -1.47
  2000 -5.93
  1999 -10.117
  1998 -9.292
  1997 -5.019
  1996 -2.134
  1995 -5.879
  1994 0.266
  1993 -1.308
  1992 -3.968
  1991 -4.115
  1990 3.806
  1989 2.283
  1988 14.806
  1987 9.664
  1986 -1.762
  1985 1.39
  1984 -3.962
  1983 4.058
  1982 -4.078
  1981 -12.41
  1980 -8.629