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Current account / GDP

54 of 54 countries reporting · IMF WEO Oct 2025 estimate

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Rank Country Value ascending As of vs previous
1 🇪🇷 Eritrea 12.99% 2019 ↓ 2.53 pts + compare
2 🇩🇯 Djibouti 10.1% 2026 ↓ 0.06 pts + compare
3 🇬🇭 Ghana 10.07% 2026 ↑ 2.16 pts + compare
4 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 8.59% 2026 ↑ 1.88 pts + compare
5 🇳🇬 Nigeria 5.81% 2026 ↑ 0.69 pts + compare
6 🇱🇾 Libya 4.16% 2026 ↑ 7.93 pts + compare
7 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 3.74% 2026 ↓ 0.24 pts + compare
8 🇸🇸 South Sudan 3.19% 2026 ↑ 7.23 pts + compare
9 🇦🇴 Angola 2.21% 2026 ↑ 1.83 pts + compare
10 🇿🇲 Zambia 0.93% 2026 ↑ 4.47 pts + compare
11 🇹🇩 Chad 0.83% 2026 ↑ 0.61 pts + compare
12 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde -0.42% 2026 ↓ 4.05 pts + compare
13 🇿🇦 South Africa -0.88% 2026 ↓ 0.34 pts + compare
14 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire -1.06% 2026 ↑ 0.04 pts + compare
15 🇩🇿 Algeria -1.18% 2026 ↑ 6.53 pts + compare
16 🇲🇱 Mali -1.49% 2026 ↓ 0.65 pts + compare
17 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea -1.64% 2026 ↑ 1.31 pts + compare
18 🇸🇿 Eswatini -1.78% 2026 ↓ 1.21 pts + compare
19 🇧🇼 Botswana -1.91% 2026 ↓ 5.59 pts + compare
20 🇨🇩 DR Congo -1.98% 2026 ↑ 1.76 pts + compare
21 🇹🇿 Tanzania -2.26% 2026 ↑ 0.18 pts + compare
22 🇪🇹 Ethiopia -2.38% 2026 ↓ 1.43 pts + compare
23 🇲🇦 Morocco -3.06% 2026 ↓ 0.98 pts + compare
24 🇹🇬 Togo -3.18% 2026 ↓ 2.16 pts + compare
25 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone -3.27% 2026 ↑ 1.82 pts + compare
26 🇱🇸 Lesotho -3.38% 2026 ↓ 0.08 pts + compare
27 🇨🇫 Central African Republic -3.41% 2026 ↑ 0.38 pts + compare
28 🇬🇳 Guinea -3.61% 2026 ↑ 18.7 pts + compare
29 🇺🇬 Uganda -3.94% 2026 ↑ 2.29 pts + compare
30 🇰🇪 Kenya -4.07% 2026 ↓ 1.38 pts + compare
31 🇹🇳 Tunisia -4.15% 2026 ↓ 1.4 pts + compare
32 🇪🇬 Egypt -4.15% 2026 ↑ 0.08 pts + compare
33 🇰🇲 Comoros -4.18% 2026 ↓ 1.26 pts + compare
34 🇬🇦 Gabon -4.27% 2026 ↓ 1.13 pts + compare
35 🇸🇩 Sudan -4.51% 2026 ↑ 3.56 pts + compare
36 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe -4.73% 2026 ↑ 1.57 pts + compare
37 🇧🇯 Benin -4.96% 2026 ↑ 0.71 pts + compare
38 🇬🇲 Gambia -5.07% 2026 ↓ 0.12 pts + compare
39 🇨🇲 Cameroon -5.08% 2026 ↓ 1.3 pts + compare
40 🇧🇮 Burundi -5.5% 2026 ↑ 0.65 pts + compare
41 🇨🇬 Congo -6.03% 2026 ↓ 0.14 pts + compare
42 🇳🇪 Niger -6.14% 2026 ↓ 1.14 pts + compare
43 🇸🇳 Senegal -6.21% 2026 ↓ 0.62 pts + compare
44 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau -6.32% 2026 ↓ 0.16 pts + compare
45 🇲🇷 Mauritania -6.52% 2026 ↓ 0.68 pts + compare
46 🇲🇺 Mauritius -6.93% 2026 ↓ 0.51 pts + compare
47 🇸🇨 Seychelles -7.82% 2026 ↓ 1.36 pts + compare
48 🇲🇬 Madagascar -7.95% 2026 ↓ 2.16 pts + compare
49 🇸🇴 Somalia -8.68% 2026 ↑ 0.8 pts + compare
50 🇱🇷 Liberia -12.04% 2026 ↓ 5.72 pts + compare
51 🇷🇼 Rwanda -13.38% 2026 ↓ 0.43 pts + compare
52 🇲🇼 Malawi -15.41% 2026 ↑ 1.06 pts + compare
53 🇳🇦 Namibia -15.66% 2026 ↓ 2.48 pts + compare
54 🇲🇿 Mozambique -43.04% 2026 ↓ 28.83 pts + compare
Median -3.51% median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.