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Portugal Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Portugal › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Portugal 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 Portugal , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Portugal in year 2010 is -9.871 %

This makes Portugal No. 143 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Portugal is 7.19 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Portugal was -10.93 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Portugal in 2010 was or will be 9.65% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Portugal was or will be -8.73 %, which is 11.60% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Portugal, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -5.653
  2015 -6.032
  2014 -6.433
  2013 -6.621
  2012 -8.534
  2011 -8.726
2010 -9.871
  2009 -10.925
  2008 -12.614
  2007 -10.119
  2006 -10.724
  2005 -10.359
  2004 -8.354
  2003 -6.454
  2002 -8.259
  2001 -10.347
  2000 -10.368
  1999 -8.712
  1998 -7.175
  1997 -5.809
  1996 -3.969
  1995 -0.113
  1994 -2.239
  1993 0.249
  1992 -0.173
  1991 -0.81
  1990 -0.232
  1989 0.26
  1988 -1.955
  1987 0.934
  1986 3.129
  1985 1.419
  1984 -2.442
  1983 -5.871
  1982 -10.799
  1981 -14.669
  1980 -3.318