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  • USD/GNF 8,851.88 +0.04 %
  • EUR/GNF 9,938.92 −0.03 %
  • Iron ore 97.70 +1.45 %
  • Gold 4,109.30 −0.42 %
  • Brent crude 115.22 −3.03 %
  • BRVM Composite 520.27 −0.81 %
  • EUR/XOF 655.96 0.00 %

Current account balance

% of GDP

Trade in goods, services and income with the rest of the world: a deficit signals external financing needs.

Median : -3.5 % · 50 countries · latest available value : 2025

  1. 1 Djibouti 14.7 % 2024* −3.8 pp
  2. 2 Republic of the Congo 11.6 % 2021* −1.0 pp
  3. 3 Ghana 8.2 % 2025 +6.3 pp
  4. 4 South Sudan 7.9 % 2023* +19.2 pp
  5. 5 Nigeria 4.8 % 2025 −2.7 pp
  6. 6 Libya 4.2 % 2023* −18.0 pp
  7. 7 Cabo Verde 3.6 % 2025 −0.4 pp
  8. 8 Botswana 2.9 % 2025 +7.4 pp
  9. 9 Liberia 2.5 % 2024* +14.0 pp
  10. 10 Eswatini 2.4 % 2025 +0.3 pp
  11. 11 Zimbabwe 1.2 % 2024* +0.8 pp
  12. 12 Gabon 1.0 % 2015* −5.1 pp
  13. 13 Angola 0.3 % 2025 −5.8 pp
  14. 14 Lesotho 0.1 % 2025 −4.1 pp
  15. 15 Togo -0.3 % 2020* +0.5 pp
  16. 16 South Africa -0.4 % 2025 +0.2 pp
  17. 17 Guinea -1.6 % 2024* −10.1 pp
  18. 18 Comoros -1.7 % 2023* −1.3 pp
  19. 19 Kenya -2.1 % 2025 −0.4 pp
  20. 20 Tunisia -2.3 % 2025 −0.7 pp
  21. 21 Morocco -2.5 % 2025 −1.3 pp
  22. 22 Ethiopia -2.5 % 2024* +1.0 pp
  23. 23 The Gambia -2.9 % 2025 +1.2 pp
  24. 24 Tanzania -3.0 % 2024* +0.7 pp
  25. 25 Cameroon -3.3 % 2024* +0.9 pp
  26. 26 Egypt -3.8 % 2025 +1.9 pp
  27. 27 Burkina Faso -4.0 % 2024* +1.1 pp
  28. 28 Mali -4.3 % 2024* +2.2 pp
  29. 29 Democratic Republic of the Congo -4.3 % 2025 −0.7 pp
  30. 30 Côte d’Ivoire -4.5 % 2024* +3.6 pp
  31. 31 Uganda -5.2 % 2025 +3.3 pp
  32. 32 Madagascar -5.2 % 2025 −1.2 pp
  33. 33 Zambia -5.5 % 2025 −1.1 pp
  34. 34 Seychelles -5.7 % 2025 +1.8 pp
  35. 35 Niger -6.1 % 2024* +7.7 pp
  36. 36 Mauritius -7.0 % 2024* −2.1 pp
  37. 37 Guinea-Bissau -7.4 % 2024* +0.4 pp
  38. 38 Benin -8.2 % 2023* −2.5 pp
  39. 39 Sudan -8.5 % 2025 −3.8 pp
  40. 40 Algeria -8.8 % 2025 −7.7 pp
  41. 41 São Tomé and Príncipe -9.3 % 2025 −3.0 pp
  42. 42 Mauritania -9.6 % 2024* −0.5 pp
  43. 43 Rwanda -12.0 % 2024* −0.8 pp
  44. 44 Namibia -13.4 % 2024* +1.6 pp
  45. 45 Burundi -13.7 % 2025 +1.9 pp
  46. 46 Malawi -14.0 % 2025 +1.1 pp
  47. 47 Sierra Leone -14.1 % 2024* −6.3 pp
  48. 48 Mozambique -14.2 % 2025 −3.3 pp
  49. 49 Eritrea -14.8 % 2000*
  50. 50 Senegal -19.8 % 2023* +0.2 pp

Each country is ranked on the latest value published by the source; the year is shown next to the value. * data older than the most recent year available.

No data available : Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia.