Ethiopia - Current account balance

Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Current account balance (BoP, current US$) in Ethiopia was ($2,718,804,000) as of 2020. Over the past 43 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $125,418,700 in 1994 and ($7,905,485,000) in 2016.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1977 ($82,560,380)
1978 ($111,739,100)
1979 ($91,352,660)
1980 ($226,135,300)
1981 ($249,516,900)
1982 ($194,927,500)
1983 ($169,903,800)
1984 ($130,096,600)
1985 $106,280,200
1986 ($327,149,800)
1987 ($216,859,900)
1988 ($227,536,200)
1989 ($144,396,100)
1990 ($293,768,100)
1991 $103,101,400
1992 ($119,956,400)
1993 ($50,000,000)
1994 $125,418,700
1995 $39,377,830
1996 $79,569,130
1997 ($40,251,870)
1998 ($332,610,100)
1999 ($465,224,300)
2000 $13,457,190
2001 ($373,389,900)
2002 ($136,640,600)
2003 ($136,384,300)
2004 ($667,837,100)
2005 ($1,567,750,000)
2006 ($1,785,899,000)
2007 ($828,004,900)
2008 ($1,805,741,000)
2009 ($2,190,654,000)
2010 ($635,273,100)
2011 ($1,055,617,000)
2012 ($3,077,984,000)
2013 ($3,033,415,000)
2014 ($5,771,533,000)
2015 ($7,566,577,000)
2016 ($7,905,485,000)
2017 ($5,928,628,000)
2018 ($4,611,294,000)
2019 ($5,025,134,000)
2020 ($2,718,804,000)

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Ethiopia was -2.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 1.81 in 1994, while its lowest value was -12.64 in 2005.

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
1981 -3.41
1982 -2.53
1983 -1.98
1984 -1.61
1985 1.12
1986 -3.32
1987 -2.06
1988 -2.09
1989 -1.26
1990 -2.41
1991 0.77
1992 -1.14
1993 -0.57
1994 1.81
1995 0.51
1996 0.93
1997 -0.47
1998 -4.25
1999 -6.04
2000 0.16
2001 -4.54
2002 -1.74
2003 -1.58
2004 -6.59
2005 -12.64
2006 -11.69
2007 -4.20
2008 -6.67
2009 -6.75
2010 -2.12
2011 -3.30
2012 -7.11
2013 -6.37
2014 -10.38
2015 -11.71
2016 -10.64
2017 -7.25
2018 -5.47
2019 -5.24
2020 -2.53

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments