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Samoa Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Samoa › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Samoa 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: Tala
Currency Symbol: WST

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 Samoa , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Samoa in year 2010 is -8.008 %

This makes Samoa No. 130 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Samoa is 5.33 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Samoa was -2.05 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Samoa in 2010 was or will be 291.21% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Samoa was or will be -13.14 %, which is 64.02% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Samoa, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -2.387
  2015 -2.817
  2014 -3.309
  2013 -5.741
  2012 -8.924
  2011 -13.135
2010 -8.008
  2009 -2.047
  2008 -6.174
  2007 -15.912
  2006 -11.058
  2005 -9.6
  2004 -8.411
  2003 -8.257
  2002 -8.871
  2001 -4.646
  2000 -1.943
  1999 -9.639
  1998 1.057
  1997 -3.682
  1996 5.142
  1995 4.708
  1994 2.826
  1993 -20.606
  1992 -15.453
  1991 -20.431
  1990 8.38
  1989 11.875
  1988 11.458
  1987 10.536
  1986 10.166
  1985 2.097
  1984 -2.809
  1983 1.289
  1982 -9
  1981 -16.293
  1980 -14.806