The United States ranks last among all nations in the world when it comes to its current account balance, astronomically lower than every other economy, the CIA reports.
According to the most recent figures in the CIA World Factbook, America sits at the bottom of 191 nations, with a listed account balance of an astonishing negative $561 billion.
The chart from the CIA can be seen here:
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Rank
|
country | Current account balance | Date of Information |
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1 | China |
$ 272,500,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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2 | Japan |
$ 166,500,000,000
|
2010 est. |
3 | Germany |
$ 162,300,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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4 | Russia |
$ 68,850,000,000
|
2010 est. |
5 | Norway |
$ 60,230,000,000
|
2010 est. |
6 | Saudi Arabia |
$ 52,030,000,000
|
2010 est. |
7 | Switzerland |
$ 49,350,000,000
|
2010 est. |
8 | Netherlands |
$ 46,690,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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9 | Singapore |
$ 44,080,000,000
|
2010 est. |
10 | Taiwan |
$ 39,000,000,000
|
2010 est. |
11 | Kuwait |
$ 38,200,000,000
|
2010 est. |
12 | Korea, South |
$ 36,350,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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13 | Malaysia |
$ 34,140,000,000
|
2010 est. |
14 | Nigeria |
$ 27,770,000,000
|
2010 est. |
15 | Venezuela |
$ 22,070,000,000
|
2010 est. |
16 | Sweden |
$ 21,680,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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17 | Qatar |
$ 20,110,000,000
|
2010 est. |
18 | Hong Kong |
$ 18,070,000,000
|
2010 est. |
19 | Azerbaijan |
$ 15,960,000,000
|
2010 est. |
20 | Libya |
$ 15,530,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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21 | Denmark |
$ 14,350,000,000
|
2010 est. |
22 | Thailand |
$ 12,290,000,000
|
2010 est. |
23 | Austria |
$ 9,900,000,000
|
2010 est. |
24 | Iran |
$ 9,760,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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25 | Philippines |
$ 9,510,000,000
|
2010 est. |
26 | Indonesia |
$ 8,532,000,000
|
2010 est. |
27 | Brunei |
$ 7,024,000,000
|
2008 est. |
28 | Kazakhstan |
$ 6,993,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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29 | Argentina |
$ 6,976,000,000
|
2010 est. |
30 | Israel |
$ 6,269,000,000
|
2010 est. |
31 | Macau |
$ 6,230,000,000
|
32 | Uzbekistan |
$ 5,588,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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33 | Finland |
$ 4,696,000,000
|
2010 est. |
34 | Algeria |
$ 3,959,000,000
|
2010 est. |
35 | Bangladesh |
$ 3,734,000,000
|
2010 est. |
36 | United Arab Emirates |
$ 3,409,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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37 | Luxembourg |
$ 3,396,000,000
|
2010 est. |
38 | Trinidad and Tobago |
$ 3,363,000,000
|
2010 est. |
39 | Turkmenistan |
$ 3,081,000,000
|
2010 est. |
40 | Oman |
$ 2,724,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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41 | Iraq |
$ 2,715,000,000
|
2010 est. |
42 | Angola |
$ 2,089,000,000
|
2010 est. |
43 | Latvia |
$ 1,620,000,000
|
2010 est. |
44 | Lithuania |
$ 1,231,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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45 | Timor-Leste |
$ 1,161,000,000
|
2007 est. |
46 | Chile |
$ 1,033,000,000
|
2010 est. |
47 | Bolivia |
$ 690,200,000
|
2010 est. |
48 | Burma |
$ 652,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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49 | Syria |
$ 649,000,000
|
2010 est. |
50 | Ukraine |
$ 603,000,000
|
2010 est. |
51 | Gabon |
$ 591,000,000
|
2010 est. |
52 | Bahrain |
$ 589,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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53 | Cote d'Ivoire |
$ 534,000,000
|
2010 est. |
54 | Egypt |
$ 270,000,000
|
2010 est. |
55 | Estonia |
$ 265,000,000
|
2010 est. |
56 | Bhutan |
$ 164,000,000
|
2008 est. |
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57 | British Virgin Islands |
$ 134,300,000
|
1999 |
58 | Cook Islands |
$ 26,670,000
|
2005 |
59 | Suriname |
$ 24,000,000
|
2007 est. |
60 | Palau |
$ 15,090,000
|
FY03/04 |
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61 | Comoros |
$ 8,000,000
|
2007 est. |
62 | Guinea-Bissau |
$ -6,000,000
|
2007 est. |
63 | Tuvalu |
$ -11,680,000
|
2003 |
64 | Bulgaria |
$ -12,800,000
|
2010 est. |
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65 | Kiribati |
$ -21,000,000
|
2007 est. |
66 | Tonga |
$ -23,000,000
|
2007 est. |
67 | Samoa |
$ -24,000,000
|
2007 est. |
68 | Micronesia, Federated States of |
$ -34,300,000
|
FY05 est. |
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69 | Iceland |
$ -42,000,000
|
2010 est. |
70 | Anguilla |
$ -42,870,000
|
2003 est. |
71 | Vanuatu |
$ -60,000,000
|
2007 est. |
72 | Sierra Leone |
$ -63,000,000
|
2007 est. |
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73 | Dominica |
$ -72,000,000
|
2007 est. |
74 | Sao Tome and Principe |
$ -73,000,000
|
2010 est. |
75 | Central African Republic |
$ -77,000,000
|
2007 est. |
76 | Cuba |
$ -87,000,000
|
2010 est. |
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77 | Gambia, The |
$ -90,000,000
|
2010 est. |
78 | Zambia |
$ -99,000,000
|
2010 est. |
79 | Papua New Guinea |
$ -99,000,000
|
2010 est. |