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Guyana: Current account balance (% of GDP)

13.90percent · 2023+227.1% since 2013

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 Guyana from 1977 to 2023.

19782023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202313.902
202228.821
2021-16.908
2020-11.61
2019-57.107
2018-26.677
2017-2.56
20163.372
2015-0.907
2014-9.332
2013-10.942
2012-9.024
2011-10.085
2010-7.176
2009-7.284
2008-10.623
2007-6.067
2006-7.591
2005-11.671
2004-2.528
2003-6.002
2002-8.58
2001-12.764
2000-11.534
1999-7.125
1998-7.749
1997-8.423
1996-4.636
1995-21.679
1994-22.914
1993-30.88
1992-37.087
1985-21.307
1984-22.217
1983-32.184
1982-29.318
1981-32.172
1980-21.305
1979-15.629
1978-5.831
1977-21.679

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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