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Zambia Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Zambia › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Zambia 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: Zambian Kwacha
Currency Symbol: ZMK

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 Zambia , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Zambia in year 2010 is 3.796 %

This makes Zambia No. 35 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Zambia is 6.48 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Zambia was 4.21 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Zambia in 2010 was or will be 9.73% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Zambia was or will be 5.87 %, which is 54.53% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Zambia, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -0.046
  2015 -0.31
  2014 0.811
  2013 2.92
  2012 3.284
  2011 5.866
2010 3.796
  2009 4.205
  2008 -7.168
  2007 -6.537
  2006 -0.431
  2005 -8.48
  2004 -10.388
  2003 -14.314
  2002 -13.574
  2001 -19.127
  2000 -18.343
  1999 -13.626
  1998 -16.612
  1997 -6.087
  1996 -3.708
  1995 -4.166
  1994 1.403
  1993 -2.696
  1992 -3.562
  1991 0.262
  1990 -2.478
  1989 -3.762
  1988 0.401
  1987 -4.648
  1986 -15.877
  1985 -13.362
  1984 -12.035
  1983 -9.805
  1982 -19.034
  1981 -21.54
  1980 -15.078