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[[File:Cumulative Current Account Balance.png|thumb|400px|Cumulative Current Account Balance 1980–2008 based on the IMF data)]] 
[[File:Cumulative Current Account Balance per capita.png|thumb|400px|Cumulative Current Account Balance ''per capita'' 1980–2008 based on the IMF]]

This is a '''list of countries by [[Finance:Current account (balance of payments)|current account balance]]'''.

== CIA World Factbook data ==
===Top 20 economies with the largest surplus===
This is a list of the 20 countries and territories with the largest surplus in '''[[Finance:Current account (balance of payments)|current account balance]] (CAB),''' based on data from 2019 est. as listed in the CIA World Factbook.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/current-account-balance/country-comparison|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank !! Economy !! CAB (million US dollars) !! Year
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|1 || {{flag|Germany}} ||style=text-align:right;| 280,238 || 2019 EST.
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|2 || {{flag|Japan}} ||style=text-align:right;| 185,644 || 2019 EST.
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|3 || {{flag|China}} ||style=text-align:right;| 141,335 || 2019 EST.
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|4 || {{flag|Netherlands}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 90,207 || 2019 EST.
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|5 || {{flag|Switzerland}} ||style=text-align:right;| 79,937 || 2019 EST.
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|6 || {{flag|Russia}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 65,311 || 2019 EST.
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|7 || {{flag|Taiwan}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 65,173 || 2019 EST.
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|8 || {{flag|Singapore}} ||style=text-align:right;| 63,109 || 2019 EST.
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|9 || {{flag|South Korea}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 59,971 || 2019 EST.
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|10 || {{flag|Italy}} ||style=text-align:right;| 59,517 || 2019 EST.
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|11 || {{flag|Thailand}} ||style=text-align:right;| 37,033 || 2019 EST.
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|12|| {{flag|Denmark}} ||style=text-align:right;| 30,935 || 2019 EST.
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|13|| {{flag|Spain}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 29,603 || 2019 EST.
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|14|| {{nowrap|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}}}|| style="text-align:right;" |26,470|| 2017 EST.
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|15|| {{flag|Hong Kong}}|| style="text-align:right;" |22,469|| 2019 EST.
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|16|| {{flag|Sweden}}|| style="text-align:right;" |22,339|| 2019 EST.
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|17|| {{flag|Israel}}|| style="text-align:right;" |20,642|| 2020 EST.
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|18|| {{flag|Macau}}|| style="text-align:right;" |16,750||2017 EST.
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|19|| {{flag|Norway}}|| style="text-align:right;" |16,656|| 2019 EST.
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|20|| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}|| style="text-align:right;" |15,230|| 2017 EST.
|-
|}

===Top 20 countries with the largest deficit===

==== By CAB ====
[[File:U.S. trade deficit in 2017.jpg|thumb|U.S. trade deficit (in billions, goods and services) by country in 2017]]
This is a list of the 20 countries and territories with the largest deficit in '''[[Finance:Current account (balance of payments)|current account balance]] (CAB),''' based on data from 2019 est. as listed in the CIA World Factbook.<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank!!Country!!CAB (Million US dollars)!!Year
|-
|1 ||{{flag|United States}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -480,225 || 2019 EST.
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|2 ||{{nowrap|{{flag|United Kingdom}}}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -121,921 ||2019 EST.
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|3 || {{flag|Kenya}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -57,594 || 2019 EST.
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|4 || {{flag|Brazil}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -50,927 || 2019 EST.
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|5 || {{flag|Ireland}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -44,954 || 2019 EST.
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|6 || {{flag|Canada}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -35,425 || 2019 EST.
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|7 || {{flag|Indonesia}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -30,359 || 2019 EST.
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|8 ||{{flag|India}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -29,748 || 2019 EST.
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|9 || {{flag|Algeria}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -22,100 || 2017 EST.
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|10 || {{flag|France}} ||style=text-align:right;| -18,102 || 2019 EST.
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|11 || {{flag|Colombia}} ||style=text-align:right;| -13,748 || 2019 EST.
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|12 || {{flag|Lebanon}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -12,370 || 2017 EST.
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|13 || {{flag|Romania}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -11,389 || 2019 EST.
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|14 || {{flag|Chile}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -10,933 || 2019 EST.
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|15 || {{flag|Oman}} ||style=text-align:right;| -10,760 || 2017 EST.
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|16 || {{flag|South Africa}} ||style=text-align:right;| -10,626 || 2019 EST.
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|17 || {{flag|Egypt}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -8,915 || 2019 EST.
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|18 || {{flag|Kazakhstan}} ||style=text-align:right;| -7,206 || 2019 EST.
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|19 || {{flag|Pakistan}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -7,143 || 2019 EST.
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|20 || {{flag|New Zealand}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -6,962 || 2019 EST.
|}

==== By GDP ====
This is a list of the 20 countries and territories with the largest deficit in '''[[Finance:Gross domestic product|gross domestic product]] (GDP),''' based on data from 2017 est. as listed in the CIA World Factbook.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) - The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/budget-surplus-or-deficit/|access-date=2021-11-29|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank!!Country!!Deficit (As % of GDP)!!Year
|-
|1 ||{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -75.7 || 2017 EST.
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|2 ||{{Flag|Kiribati}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -64.1 ||2017 EST.
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|3 || {{Flag|Venezuela}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -46.1 || 2017 EST.
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|4 || {{Flag|Libya}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -25.1 || 2017 EST.
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|5 || {{Flag|Brunei}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -17.3 || 2017 EST.
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|6 || {{Flag|Afghanistan}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -15.1 || 2017 EST.
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|7 || {{Flag|Oman}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -13.8 || 2017 EST.
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|8 ||{{Flag|Niue}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -12.6 || 2017 EST.
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|9 || {{Flag|Cuba}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -10.8 || 2017 EST.
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|10 || {{Flag|Sudan}} || style="text-align:right;" | -10.6 || 2017 EST.
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|11 || {{Flag|Bahrain}} || style="text-align:right;" | -10.1 || 2017 EST.
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|11 || {{Flag|Maldives}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -10.1 || 2017 EST.
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|13 || {{Flag|Kuwait}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -10 || 2017 EST.
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|14 || {{Flag|Eritrea}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -9.8 || 2017 EST.
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|15 || {{Flag|Algeria}} || style="text-align:right;" | -9.6 || 2017 EST.
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|15 || {{Flag|Zimbabwe}} || style="text-align:right;" | -9.6 || 2017 EST.
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|17 || {{Flag|Nauru}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -9.2 || 2017 EST.
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|18 || {{Flag|Djibouti}} || style="text-align:right;" | -9 || 2017 EST.
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|19 || {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -8.9 || 2017 EST.
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|20 || {{Flag|Syria}}|| style="text-align:right;" | -8.7 || 2017 EST.
|}

== Eurostat data ==
This table shows the account balance of both the Euro Area and the [[Social:European Union|European Union]] as a whole, according to data from Eurostat (in [[Finance:Euro|EUR]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&pcode=teibp050&language=en|title=Eurostat - Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table|website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank!!Country!!CAB (million Euros)!!Year
|-
| 1 ||[[Image:Euro symbol.svg|18px]]&nbsp;Eurozone ||style=text-align:right;|  386,567 || 2017
|-
| 2 || {{flag|European Union}} ||style=text-align:right;|  201,910 || 2017 
|-
|}

==See also==
*List of countries by leading trade partners

==References==
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