Eritrea — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1992–2019 · 28 observations
About this series
The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
Eritrea's current account reading was 13% of GDP in 2019. The period change from 15.5% of GDP in 2018 was −2.53 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 12.3% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2010–2019
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 15.5 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 24.8 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 13.4 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 22.4 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2010
| 2014 | 17.7 % of GDP |
| 2013 | 2.28 % of GDP |
| 2012 | 12.4 % of GDP |
| 2011 | 12.8 % of GDP |
| 2010 | -11.4 % of GDP |