Bangladesh - Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Bangladesh was 0.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 3.47 in 2009, while its lowest value was -5.02 in 1981.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1976 -2.73
1977 -2.91
1978 -2.89
1979 -2.67
1980 -3.87
1981 -5.02
1982 -2.70
1983 -0.26
1984 -2.52
1985 -2.04
1986 -2.87
1987 -0.98
1988 -1.03
1989 -3.82
1990 -1.26
1991 0.21
1992 0.57
1993 1.08
1994 0.59
1995 -2.17
1996 -2.13
1997 -0.59
1998 -0.07
1999 -0.71
2000 -0.57
2001 -0.99
2002 1.35
2003 0.22
2004 -0.43
2005 -0.25
2006 1.67
2007 1.08
2008 1.01
2009 3.47
2010 1.83
2011 -0.13
2012 1.93
2013 1.37
2014 0.44
2015 1.32
2016 0.42
2017 -2.40
2018 -2.59
2019 -0.97
2020 0.37

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments