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Saudi Arabia Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Saudi Arabia › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Saudi Arabia 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: Saudi Riyal
Currency Symbol: SAR

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 Saudi Arabia , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Saudi Arabia in year 2010 is 8.743 %

This makes Saudi Arabia No. 16 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Saudi Arabia is 11.42 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Saudi Arabia was 6.06 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Saudi Arabia in 2010 was or will be 44.32% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Saudi Arabia was or will be 19.78 %, which is 126.25% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Saudi Arabia, in other Years
Year %
  2016 6.249
  2015 7.553
  2014 7.731
  2013 8.536
  2012 13.789
  2011 19.781
2010 8.743
  2009 6.058
  2008 27.781
  2007 24.261
  2006 27.778
  2005 28.538
  2004 20.783
  2003 13.071
  2002 6.297
  2001 5.111
  2000 7.597
  1999 0.256
  1998 -9.009
  1997 0.185
  1996 0.426
  1995 -3.738
  1994 -7.807
  1993 -13.067
  1992 -13.015
  1991 -20.971
  1990 -3.556
  1989 -10.018
  1988 -8.318
  1987 -11.407
  1986 -13.565
  1985 -12.45
  1984 -15.425
  1983 -13.076
  1982 4.951
  1981 22.363
  1980 26.025