savwboy9 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance (CAB), based on the International Monetary Fund data for 2007, obtained from the latest World Economic Outlook database (October 2008).[4] Numbers for 2008 should become available in April 2009. Estimates are highlighted.We are spending ourselves out of relevanceNotice where the good ole USA is at..Rank Country CAB USD, bn 1 China 371.833 2 Germany 252.501 3 Japan 210.967 4 Saudi Arabia 95.762 5 Russia 76.163 6 Switzerland 70.797 7 Norway 59.983 8 Netherlands 52.522 9 Kuwait 48.039 10 Singapore 39.157 11 United Arab Emirates 39.113 12 Sweden 38.797 13 Taiwan 32.979 14 Algeria 30.600 15 Malaysia 29.181 16 Iran 28.776 17 Hong Kong 28.038 18 Libya 23.786 19 Qatar 21.374 20 Venezuela 20.001 21 Thailand 15.765 22 Canada 12.726 23 Austria 12.012 24 Finland 11.268 25 Argentina 11.072 26 Indonesia 11.010 27 Belgium 9.648 28 Azerbaijan 9.019 29 Chile 7.200 30 Angola 6.936 31 Philippines 6.351 32 Brunei 5.990 33 South Korea 5.954 34 Trinidad and Tobago 5.380 35 Israel 5.197 36 Luxembourg 4.893 37 Uzbekistan 4.267 38 Turkmenistan 4.037 39 Denmark 3.512 40 Nigeria 3.466 41 Oman 3.222 42 Bahrain 2.906 43 Botswana 1.974 44 Egypt 1.862 45 Bolivia 1.741 46 Gabon 1.719 47 Brazil 1.712 48 Peru 1.515 49 Namibia 1.356 50 Timor-Leste 1.161 51 Ecuador 1.064 52 Myanmar 0.917 53 Bangladesh 0.780 54 Equatorial Guinea 0.541 55 Papua New Guinea 0.259 56 Paraguay 0.227 57 Bhutan 0.132 58 Chad 0.116 59 Mongolia 0.098 60 Afghanistan 0.081 61 Suriname 0.071 62 Lesotho 0.058 63 Nepal 0.050 64 Kyrgyzstan -0.006 65 Guinea-Bissau -0.008 66 Solomon Islands -0.010 67 Kiribati -0.021 68 Tonga -0.025 69 Samoa -0.029 70 Comoros -0.031 71 Swaziland -0.041 72 São Tomé and Príncipe -0.044 73 Eritrea -0.049 74 Vanuatu -0.049 75 Belize -0.054 76 Sierra Leone -0.063 77 Haiti -0.066 78 Malawi -0.074 79 Central African Republic -0.075 80 Dominica -0.079 81 Gambia -0.080 82 Guinea -0.083 83 Morocco -0.099 84 Cape Verde -0.132 85 Liberia -0.137 86 Côte d'Ivoire -0.146 87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.147 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.150 89 Burundi -0.156 90 Togo -0.160 91 Zimbabwe -0.165 92 Rwanda -0.168 93 Uruguay -0.186 94 Democratic Republic of the Congo -0.191 95 Guyana -0.195 96 Grenada -0.197 97 Antigua and Barbuda -0.211 98 Djibouti -0.211 99 Macedonia -0.234 100 Barbados -0.245 101 Seychelles -0.263 102 Saint Lucia -0.280 103 Cambodia -0.313 104 Niger -0.321 105 Mauritania -0.321 106 Uganda -0.331 107 Benin -0.372 108 Cameroon -0.383 109 Malta -0.403 110 Tajikistan -0.414 111 Maldives -0.476 112 Mali -0.502 113 Fiji -0.515 114 Mauritius -0.553 115 Burkina Faso -0.560 116 Syria -0.561 117 Armenia -0.591 118 Laos -0.711 119 Moldova -0.747 120 Mozambique -0.768 121 Zambia -0.810 122 Kenya -0.825 123 Ethiopia -0.868 124 Tunisia -0.925 125 Albania -0.994 126 Nicaragua -1.047 127 Madagascar -1.070 128 El Salvador -1.119 129 Senegal -1.161 130 Honduras -1.228 131 Yemen -1.328 132 Sri Lanka -1.370 133 Montenegro -1.381 134 Bahamas -1.440 135 Republic of the Congo -1.479 136 Tanzania -1.496 137 Costa Rica -1.519 138 Panama -1.571 139 Ghana -1.652 140 Guatemala -1.685 141 Jamaica -1.850 142 Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.920 143 Georgia -2.045 144 Cyprus -2.063 145 Dominican Republic -2.231 146 Slovenia -2.250 147 Jordan -2.778 148 Iceland -2.952 149 Belarus -3.060 150 Czech Republic -3.085 151 Lebanon -3.129 152 Estonia -3.776 153 Slovakia -4.070 154 Croatia -4.410 155 Ukraine -5.272 156 Lithuania -5.692 157 Sudan -5.812 158 Mexico -5.813 159 Colombia -5.862 160 Latvia -6.231 161 Serbia -6.334 162 Pakistan -6.878 163 Hungary -6.932 164 Vietnam -6.992 165 Kazakhstan -7.184 166 Bulgaria -8.464 167 New Zealand -10.557 168 Ireland -14.120 169 India -15.494 170 Poland -15.905 171 South Africa -20.557 172 Portugal -21.987 173 Romania -23.234 174 France -30.588 175 Turkey -37.684 176 Greece -44.218 177 Italy -52.725 178 Australia -56.342 179 United Kingdom -105.224 180 Spain -145.141 181 United States -731.214 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker23 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Well, I don't know that the CAB is the best way to tell a nation's worth. It is basically the trade balance, and realistically, it should be measured as a percentage of GDP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcsfan55 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Well, I don't know that the CAB is the best way to tell a nation's worth. It is basically the trade balance, and realistically, it should be measured as a percentage of GDP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewcrew Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Except that the US produces double the GDP of any other nation in any given year and more than the next three nations combined.I agree that the government spends WAY too much money and that, as a nation, we rely too heavily on credit. The best thing that can come out of the current crisis is for individuals to learn the importance of not over leveraging. Credit is a valuable tool, but also a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands. The government is the wrong hands and I have serious issues with the level of deficiet spending that has been snowballing in recent history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cism ™© Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 then move to Mexico or Canada & STFU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewcrew Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 then move to Mexico or Canada & STFUActually... that would be China or Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cism ™© Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Actually... that would be China or Germany hes whining about money so I tried to save him some dinero by just driving north or south : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine207 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 hes whining about money so I tried to save him some dinero by just driving north or south : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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