Current account balance
% of GDP
Trade in goods, services and income with the rest of the world: a deficit signals external financing needs.
Median : -4.3 % · 7 countries · latest available value : 2025
- 1 South Sudan 7.9 % 2023* +19.2 pp
- 2 Kenya -2.1 % 2025 −0.4 pp
- 3 Tanzania -3.0 % 2024* +0.7 pp
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo -4.3 % 2025 −0.7 pp
- 5 Uganda -5.2 % 2025 +3.3 pp
- 6 Rwanda -12.0 % 2024* −0.8 pp
- 7 Burundi -13.7 % 2025 +1.9 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 : Somalia.