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Papua New Guinea Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Papua New Guinea › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Papua New Guinea 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: Kina
Currency Symbol: PGK

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 Papua New Guinea , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Papua New Guinea in year 2010 is -23.721 %

This makes Papua New Guinea No. 171 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Papua New Guinea is 21.04 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Papua New Guinea was -7.63 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Papua New Guinea in 2010 was or will be 211.01% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Papua New Guinea was or will be -24.18 %, which is 1.91% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Papua New Guinea, in other Years
Year %
  2016 10.28
  2015 3.641
  2014 -8.664
  2013 -10.581
  2012 -17.619
  2011 -24.175
2010 -23.721
  2009 -7.627
  2008 10.106
  2007 3.285
  2006 9.156
  2005 6.075
  2004 2.113
  2003 4.261
  2002 -1.357
  2001 6.507
  2000 8.503
  1999 2.771
  1998 0.914
  1997 -5.356
  1996 5.599
  1995 18.29
  1994 10.789
  1993 12.583
  1992 1.79
  1991 -4.005
  1990 -2.861
  1989 -9.983
  1988 -9.201
  1987 -8.158
  1986 -4.399
  1985 -6.803
  1984 -13.508
  1983 -14.572
  1982 -11.617
  1981 -15.098
  1980 -8.312