HOME Countries with the highest total Current Account Balance         printer friendly copy here Current account balance List of countries by in billions of U.S. dollars based on The World Factbook.  Most data are 2007 estimates. The sum of all current account does not balance at zero, which could be caused by some of the included figures being incorrect and the omission of some of countries' data. Gross external debt Is defined as the tota l public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. (Note: The list below does not include all the countries in the sources used).

SORTED HERE SORT HERE SORT HERE SORT HERE COUNTRY Population (millions) GDP ($ billions) CURRENT  ACCOUNT balance ($ billions) EXTERNAL DEBT ($ billions) CURRENT ACCOUNT  balance (% of GDP) EXTERNAL DEBT (% of GDP)  P. R. of China 1,320.0 3,250 +372 363 11.4% 11.2%  Japan 127.0 4,346 +201 1,492 4.6% 34.3%  Germany 82.0 3,320 +185 4,489 5.6% 135.2%  Saudi Arabia 27.0 446 +89 53 20.0% 11.9%  Russia 142.0 1,290 +69 385 5.3% 29.8%  Switzerland 7.7 423 +68 1,340 16.1% 316.8%  Netherlands 16.4 625 +59 2,280 9.5% 364.8%  Norway 4.8 212 +56 469 26.3% 221.2%  Kuwait 3.4 130 +51 34 39.6% 26.2%  Singapore 4.7 228 +41 26 18.2% 11.4%  U.A.Emirates 4.5 192 +36 42 18.8% 21.9%  Algeria 33.3 131 +32 1 24.0% 0.8%  Sweden 9.2 455 +30 595 6.6% 130.8%  Canada 33.0 1,432 +28 791 2.0% 55.2%  Malaysia 27.0 165 +26 58 15.7% 35.2%   R. of China  (Taiwan) 23.0 383 +24 86 6.2% 22.5%  Hong Kong 7.0 206 +20 588 9.6% 285.4%  Iran 71.0 294 +19 14 6.5% 4.8%  Finland 5.3 245 +17 271 7.0% 110.6%  Venezuela 28.0 335 +17 45 5.1% 13.4%  Nigeria 148.0 191 +15 6 7.6% 3.1%  Austria 8.3 373 +13 753 3.4% 201.9%  Libya 6.1 75 +12 5 15.6% 6.7%  Luxembourg 0.5 50 +11 0 22.6% 0.0%  Argentina 40.7 261 +11 118 4.3% 45.2%  Belgium 10.6 316 +11 1,313 3.5% 415.5%  Indonesia 235.0 433 +10 137 2.4% 31.6%  Brazil 184.0 1,313 +10 230 0.8% 17.5%  Philippines 91.0   +9        Thailand 63.0 245 +9 59 3.5% 24.1%  Chile 16.6 164 +8 49 5.0% 29.9%  Iraq 29.0 102 +8 56 7.6% 54.9%  Qatar 1.5 68 +8 31 11.4% 45.6%  Israel 7.3 154 +6 87 3.9% 56.5%  Denmark 5.5 311 +5 493 1.5% 158.5%  Oman 3.2 41 +4 5 10.0% 12.5%  South Korea 49.0 982 +4 343 0.4% 34.9%  Peru 28.2 102 +2 28 2.0% 27.5%  Bahrain 1.5 20 +2 8 10.1% 40.0%  Bolivia 9.1 13 +1 4 10.2% 30.8%  Paraguay 6.0 27 0 4 0.3% 14.8%  Uruguay 4.0 23 0 12 0.4% 52.2%  Ecuador 14.0 99 -1 18 0.6% 18.2%  New Zealand 4.3 128 -10 50 7.8% 39.1%  Ireland 4.3 202 -13 1,841 6.2% 911.4%  South Africa 48.0 282 -16 65 5.8% 23.0%  Poland 38.0 420 -18 188 4.3% 44.8%  India 1,132.0 1,089 -19 165 1.7% 15.2%  Portugal 11.0 223 -19 416 8.3% 186.5%  Romania 22.0 188 -21 85 11.1% 45.2%  France 65.0 2,232 -36 4,396 1.6% 197.0%  Turkey 71.0 663 -36 226 5.5% 34.1%  Greece 11.2 362 -36 372 10.1% 102.8%  Australia 21.3 1,046 -51 758 4.9% 72.5%  Italy 59.4 2,067 -58 2,345 2.8% 113.4%  United Kingdom 60.6 2,772 -111 11.503 4.0% 415.0%  Spain 45.2 1,439 -126 2,047 8.8% 142.3%  USA 304.0 13,794 -747 13,773  5.4% 99.8%