List of sovereign states by current account balance
CIA World factbook Data
This is a list of the 20 countries and territories with the largest surplus in current account balance (CAB), based on data from 2015 as listed in the CIA World Factbook.[1]
| Rank | Country | CAB (billion US dollars) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
293.200 | 2015 |
| 2 |  Germany |
285.200 | 2015 |
| 3 |  Japan |
137.500 | 2015 |
| 4 |  South Korea |
105.900 | 2015 |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
80.990 | 2015 |
| 6 |  Taiwan |
76.170 | 2015 |
| 7 |  Switzerland |
75.820 | 2015 |
| 8 |  Russia |
65.800 | 2015 |
| 9 |  Singapore |
57.560 | 2015 |
| 10 |  Italy |
38.740 | 2015 |
| 11 |  Norway |
35.040 | 2015 |
| 12 |  Thailand |
34.820 | 2015 |
| 13 |  Sweden |
29.190 | 2015 |
| 14 |  Denmark |
20.280 | 2015 |
| 15 |  Spain |
16.480 | 2015 |
| 16 |  Kuwait
|
13.890 | 2015 |
| 17 |  United Arab Emirates
|
13.550 | 2015 |
| 18 |  Austria
|
13.460 | 2015 |
| 19 |  Israel
|
12.270 | 2015 |
| 20 |  Macau
|
12.110 | 2015 |
This is a list of the 20 countries and territories with the largest deficit in current account balance (CAB), based on data from 2015 as listed in the CIA World Factbook.[1]
| Rank | Country | CAB (billion US dollars) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
484.100 | 2015 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
123.500 | 2015 |
| 3 |  Brazil |
58.910 | 2015 |
| 4 |  Australia |
56.200 | 2015 |
| 5 |  Canada |
51.380 | 2015 |
| 6 |  Saudi Arabia |
41.480 | 2015 |
| 7 |  Mexico |
32.380 | 2015 |
| 8 |  Turkey |
32.190 | 2015 |
| 9 |  Algeria |
27.040 | 2015 |
| 10 |  India |
26.220 | 2015 |
| 11 |  Colombia |
19.040 | 2015 |
| 12 |  Venezuela |
18.150 | 2015 |
| 13 |  Indonesia |
17.760 | 2015 |
| 14 |  Libya |
16.700 | 2015 |
| 15 |  Argentina |
16.110 | 2015 |
| 16 |  South Africa
|
13.670 | 2015 |
| 17 |  Lebanon
|
12.780 | 2015 |
| 18 |  Egypt
|
12.180 | 2015 |
| 19 |  Nigeria
|
11.920 | 2015 |
| 20 |  Iraq
|
10.820 | 2015 |
Eurostat Data
This table shows the account balance of solely the Euro Area (not the European Union as a whole), according to data from Eurostat (in USD).
| Rank | Country | CAB (billion US dollars) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  European Union |
18.930 | 2013 |
See also
- List of countries by public debt (as percentage of gross domestic product)
- List of countries by current account balance as a percentage of GDP
- List of countries by leading trade partners
- Balance of payments
- Balance of trade
- Comparison of imports vs exports of the United States