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United States (US, USA or America) Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: United States (US, USA or America) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all United States 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: US Dollar
Currency Symbol: US$

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 United States (US, USA or America), Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for United States in year 2010 is -3.208 %

This makes United States No. 87 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; United States is 0.53 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for United States was -2.68 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for United States in 2010 was or will be 19.70% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for United States was or will be -3.24 %, which is 1.09% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for United States, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -3.422
  2015 -3.105
  2014 -2.845
  2013 -2.662
  2012 -2.838
  2011 -3.243
2010 -3.208
  2009 -2.68
  2008 -4.655
  2007 -5.107
  2006 -5.99
  2005 -5.915
  2004 -5.313
  2003 -4.673
  2002 -4.304
  2001 -3.861
  2000 -4.184
  1999 -3.216
  1998 -2.446
  1997 -1.689
  1996 -1.592
  1995 -1.532
  1994 -1.716
  1993 -1.272
  1992 -0.814
  1991 0.048
  1990 -1.361
  1989 -1.815
  1988 -2.375
  1987 -3.392
  1986 -3.3
  1985 -2.802
  1984 -2.4
  1983 -1.095
  1982 -0.17
  1981 0.161
  1980 0.083