Afghanistan
Current account balance
The current account balance summarizes trade income and cross-border transfers. As a share of GDP, it helps compare external surpluses and deficits across economies.
Current account balance - Afghanistan
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The reading right now
As of January 2020, Current account balance for Afghanistan stood at -15.7%. That is up 4.5 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged -18.9%, ranging from a low of -21.9% in January 2015 to a high of -15% in January 2016. The current reading sits 2.1 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of -17.9%.
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