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Ecuador: Current account balance (% of GDP)

5.86percent · 2025+356.3% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Ecuador from 1976 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.856
20245.733
20232.037
20221.889
20212.778
20202.022
2019-0.574
2018-1.582
2017-0.41
20160.899
2015-2.285
2014-0.651
2013-0.966
2012-0.167
2011-0.507
2010-2.322
20090.521
20082.894
20073.784
20063.808
20051.177
2004-1.362
2003-1.249
2002-4.506
2001-2.383
20006.344
19994.673
1998-7.499
1997-1.622
1996-0.217
1995-4.093
1994-3.956
1993-4.482
1992-0.674
1991-4.168
1990-2.362
1989-5.147
1988-5.21
1987-8.512
1986-3.8
19850.443
1984-1.614
1983-0.67
1982-5.931
1981-4.576
1980-3.588
1979-4.447
1978-5.899
1977-3.114
1976-0.106

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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