What’s Your Balance Sheet Look Like?
March 4, 2008 | 9:21 am|
Rank
|
Country
|
Current account balance
|
|
1
|
China | $ 363,300,000,000 |
|
2
|
Japan | $ 195,900,000,000 |
|
3
|
Germany | $ 185,100,000,000 |
|
4
|
Saudi Arabia | $ 88,890,000,000 |
|
5
|
Russia | $ 74,000,000,000 |
|
6
|
Switzerland | $ 67,890,000,000 |
|
7
|
Netherlands | $ 59,280,000,000 |
|
8
|
Norway | $ 55,820,000,000 |
|
9
|
Kuwait | $ 51,490,000,000 |
|
10
|
Singapore | $ 41,390,000,000 |
|
11
|
United Arab Emirates | $ 36,110,000,000 |
|
12
|
Algeria | $ 31,500,000,000 |
|
13
|
Sweden | $ 30,190,000,000 |
|
14
|
Canada | $ 28,460,000,000 |
|
15
|
Malaysia | $ 25,930,000,000 |
|
16
|
Taiwan | $ 24,700,000,000 |
|
17
|
Hong Kong | $ 19,870,000,000 |
|
18
|
Iran | $ 19,000,000,000 |
|
19
|
Finland | $ 17,120,000,000 |
|
20
|
Venezuela | $ 17,020,000,000 |
|
21
|
Nigeria | $ 14,610,000,000 |
|
22
|
Angola | $ 13,640,000,000 |
|
23
|
Austria | $ 12,610,000,000 |
|
24
|
Libya | $ 11,710,000,000 |
|
25
|
Luxembourg | $ 11,300,000,000 |
|
26
|
Belgium | $ 11,040,000,000 |
|
27
|
Indonesia | $ 10,210,000,000 |
|
28
|
Brazil | $ 10,200,000,000 |
|
29
|
Thailand | $ 8,619,000,000 |
|
30
|
Chile | $ 8,184,000,000 |
|
31
|
Iraq | $ 7,802,000,000 |
|
32
|
Qatar | $ 7,733,000,000 |
|
33
|
Azerbaijan | $ 7,535,000,000 |
|
34
|
Argentina | $ 7,438,000,000 |
|
35
|
Philippines | $ 6,700,000,000 |
|
36
|
Korea, South | $ 5,950,000,000 |
|
37
|
Israel | $ 5,941,000,000 |
|
38
|
Denmark | $ 4,699,000,000 |
|
39
|
Trinidad and Tobago | $ 3,884,000,000 |
|
40
|
Oman | $ 3,785,000,000 |
|
41
|
Egypt | $ 3,115,000,000 |
|
42
|
Uzbekistan | $ 3,045,000,000 |
|
43
|
Botswana | $ 2,231,000,000 |
|
44
|
Peru | $ 2,045,000,000 |
|
45
|
Bahrain | $ 2,009,000,000 |
|
46
|
Burma | $ 1,676,000,000 |
|
47
|
Gabon | $ 1,626,000,000 |
|
48
|
Bolivia | $ 1,325,000,000 |
|
49
|
Congo, Republic of the | $ 1,094,000,000 |
|
50
|
Namibia | $ 1,065,000,000 |
|
51
|
Cote d'Ivoire | $ 1,056,000,000 |
|
52
|
Turkmenistan | $ 689,300,000 |
|
53
|
Bangladesh | $ 683,000,000 |
|
54
|
Morocco | $ 433,900,000 |
|
55
|
Papua New Guinea | $ 314,000,000 |
|
56
|
Equatorial Guinea | $ 250,000,000 |
|
57
|
Yemen | $ 178,000,000 |
|
58
|
British Virgin Islands | $ 134,300,000 |
|
59
|
Cook Islands | $ 26,670,000 |
|
60
|
Palau | $ 15,090,000 |
|
61
|
Macedonia | $ 5,000,000 |
|
62
|
Tuvalu | $ 2,323,000 |
|
63
|
Samoa | $ -2,428,000 |
|
64
|
Tonga | $ -4,321,000 |
|
65
|
Comoros | $ -17,000,000 |
|
66
|
Kiribati | $ -19,870,000 |
|
67
|
Swaziland | $ -26,710,000 |
|
68
|
Lesotho | $ -28,000,000 |
|
69
|
Vanuatu | $ -28,350,000 |
|
70
|
Gambia, The | $ -31,690,000 |
|
71
|
Micronesia, Federated States of | $ -34,300,000 |
|
72
|
Anguilla | $ -42,870,000 |
|
73
|
Belize | $ -54,000,000 |
|
74
|
Sao Tome and Principe | $ -58,000,000 |
|
75
|
Paraguay | $ -73,000,000 |
|
76
|
Antigua and Barbuda | $ -83,400,000 |
|
77
|
Tajikistan | $ -102,000,000 |
|
78
|
Burundi | $ -137,300,000 |
|
79
|
Seychelles | $ -141,000,000 |
|
80
|
Chad | $ -144,500,000 |
|
81
|
Togo | $ -165,500,000 |
|
82
|
Rwanda | $ -172,800,000 |
|
83
|
Guinea | $ -175,000,000 |
|
84
|
Malawi | $ -180,000,000 |
|
85
|
Haiti | $ -184,800,000 |
|
86
|
Cape Verde | $ -218,000,000 |
|
87
|
Guyana | $ -229,700,000 |
|
88
|
Uganda | $ -241,000,000 |
|
89
|
Benin | $ -278,800,000 |
|
90
|
Eritrea | $ -343,100,000 |
|
91
|
Laos | $ -355,000,000 |
|
92
|
Uruguay | $ -400,000,000 |
|
93
|
Cambodia | $ -410,000,000 |
|
94
|
Malta | $ -411,000,000 |
|
95
|
Armenia | $ -440,000,000 |
|
96
|
Honduras | $ -446,000,000 |
|
97
|
Fiji | $ -465,800,000 |
|
98
|
Cameroon | $ -501,000,000 |
|
99
|
Zimbabwe | $ -538,000,000 |
|
100
|
Mauritius | $ -552,000,000 |
|
101
|
Moldova | $ -569,000,000 |
|
102
|
Ecuador | $ -600,000,000 |
|
103
|
Kyrgyzstan | $ -677,300,000 |
|
104
|
Mozambique | $ -726,000,000 |
|
105
|
Cuba | $ -750,000,000 |
|
106
|
Burkina Faso | $ -752,000,000 |
|
107
|
Nicaragua | $ -754,000,000 |
|
108
|
Zambia | $ -856,000,000 |
|
109
|
Panama | $ -861,000,000 |
|
110
|
Albania | $ -918,000,000 |
|
111
|
El Salvador | $ -929,000,000 |
|
112
|
Tunisia | $ -935,000,000 |
|
113
|
Kenya | $ -980,000,000 |
|
114
|
Senegal | $ -1,034,000,000 |
|
115
|
Sri Lanka | $ -1,118,000,000 |
|
116
|
Madagascar | $ -1,145,000,000 |
|
117
|
Slovenia | $ -1,165,000,000 |
|
118
|
Vietnam | $ -1,199,000,000 |
|
119
|
Cyprus | $ -1,236,000,000 |
|
120
|
Costa Rica | $ -1,259,000,000 |
|
121
|
Tanzania | $ -1,422,000,000 |
|
122
|
Jamaica | $ -1,573,000,000 |
|
123
|
Georgia | $ -1,582,000,000 |
|
124
|
Jordan | $ -1,690,000,000 |
|
125
|
Guatemala | $ -1,772,000,000 |
|
126
|
Ethiopia | $ -1,851,000,000 |
|
127
|
Ghana | $ -1,885,000,000 |
|
128
|
Dominican Republic | $ -1,993,000,000 |
|
129
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $ -2,021,000,000 |
|
130
|
Syria | $ -2,160,000,000 |
|
131
|
Serbia | $ -2,451,000,000 |
|
132
|
Belarus | $ -3,056,000,000 |
|
133
|
Estonia | $ -3,092,000,000 |
|
134
|
Slovakia | $ -3,119,000,000 |
|
135
|
Lebanon | $ -3,337,000,000 |
|
136
|
Iceland | $ -3,384,000,000 |
|
137
|
Croatia | $ -3,836,000,000 |
|
138
|
Ukraine | $ -3,890,000,000 |
|
139
|
Sudan | $ -4,465,000,000 |
|
140
|
Kazakhstan | $ -4,643,000,000 |
|
141
|
Colombia | $ -5,132,000,000 |
|
142
|
Lithuania | $ -5,320,000,000 |
|
143
|
Mexico | $ -5,414,000,000 |
|
144
|
Czech Republic | $ -5,701,000,000 |
|
145
|
Latvia | $ -5,839,000,000 |
|
146
|
Pakistan | $ -6,477,000,000 |
|
147
|
Hungary | $ -6,681,000,000 |
|
148
|
Bulgaria | $ -7,189,000,000 |
|
149
|
New Zealand | $ -9,973,000,000 |
|
150
|
Ireland | $ -12,600,000,000 |
|
151
|
Poland | $ -18,130,000,000 |
|
152
|
India | $ -18,530,000,000 |
|
153
|
Portugal | $ -18,530,000,000 |
|
154
|
South Africa | $ -20,060,000,000 |
|
155
|
Romania | $ -20,950,000,000 |
|
156
|
France | $ -35,940,000,000 |
|
157
|
Turkey | $ -36,270,000,000 |
|
158
|
Greece | $ -36,400,000,000 |
|
159
|
Australia | $ -50,960,000,000 |
|
160
|
Italy | $ -57,940,000,000 |
|
161
|
United Kingdom | $ -111,000,000,000 |
|
162
|
Spain | $ -126,300,000,000 |
|
163
|
United States | $ -747,100,000,000 |
