World Bank · Economy
Ethiopia: Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.53percent · 2024+75.6% since 2014
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 Ethiopia from 1977 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -2.532 | |
| 2023 | -3.524 | |
| 2022 | -4.191 | |
| 2021 | -4.132 | |
| 2020 | -2.755 | |
| 2019 | -5.472 | |
| 2018 | -5.533 | |
| 2017 | -7.763 | |
| 2016 | -11.545 | |
| 2015 | -12.184 | |
| 2014 | -10.378 | |
| 2013 | -6.366 | |
| 2012 | -7.107 | |
| 2011 | -3.304 | |
| 2010 | -2.122 | |
| 2009 | -6.753 | |
| 2008 | -6.671 | |
| 2007 | -4.201 | |
| 2006 | -11.687 | |
| 2005 | -12.642 | |
| 2004 | -6.592 | |
| 2003 | -1.582 | |
| 2002 | -1.74 | |
| 2001 | -4.536 | |
| 2000 | 0.163 | |
| 1999 | -5.894 | |
| 1998 | -4.151 | |
| 1997 | -0.457 | |
| 1996 | 0.908 | |
| 1995 | 0.501 | |
| 1994 | 1.766 | |
| 1993 | -0.552 | |
| 1992 | -1.115 | |
| 1991 | 0.747 | |
| 1990 | -2.354 | |
| 1989 | -1.228 | |
| 1988 | -2.035 | |
| 1987 | -2.01 | |
| 1986 | -3.241 | |
| 1985 | 1.094 | |
| 1984 | -1.568 | |
| 1983 | -1.935 | |
| 1982 | -2.467 | |
| 1981 | -3.323 | |
| 1980 | -3.225 | |
| 1979 | -1.387 | |
| 1978 | -1.858 | |
| 1977 | -1.461 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →
Cite or download
World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
Current account balance (% of GDP) in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Rank Ethiopia against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.