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Western Hemisphere (Latin America and the Caribbean) Current Account Balance (US Dollars) Statistics

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Country or Region: Western Hemisphere (Latin America and the Caribbean) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (US Dollars) › See all Western Hemisphere indicators, › See Current Account Balance (US Dollars) 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.

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) Statistics for Western Hemisphere (Latin America and the Caribbean), Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Western Hemisphere in year 2010 is US$ -56.934 Billion

This makes Western Hemisphere n/a in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (US Dollars) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (US Dollars) value is US$ 6.76 Billion; Western Hemisphere is US$ 63.69 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Western Hemisphere was US$ -24.98 Billion Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Western Hemisphere in 2010 was or will be 127.91% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Western Hemisphere was or will be US$-79.14 Billion, which is 39.00% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Western Hemisphere, in other Years
Year US$ Billion
  2016 -179.059
  2015 -165.457
  2014 -155.173
  2013 -136.145
  2012 -107.027
  2011 -79.136
2010 -56.934
  2009 -24.981
  2008 -31.247
  2007 14.616
  2006 49.466
  2005 36.321
  2004 21.54
  2003 9.433
  2002 -15.976
  2001 -53.892
  2000 -48.432
  1999 -56.102
  1998 -90.449
  1997 -66.602
  1996 -39.445
  1995 -37.946
  1994 -52.013
  1993 -45.908
  1992 -34.851
  1991 -17.428
  1990 -1.132
  1989 -4.977
  1988 -9.322
  1987 -10.959
  1986 -17.089
  1985 -1.97
  1984 -1.266
  1983 -7.501
  1982 -42.287
  1981 -43.789
  1980 -27.677