CIA: U.S. finances at bottom of planet

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:

Rank	country	Current account balance	Date of Information


1	China	$ 272,500,000,000	2010 est.


2	Japan	$ 166,500,000,000	2010 est.


3	Germany	$ 162,300,000,000	2010 est.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


77	Gambia, The	$ -90,000,000	2010 est.


78	Zambia	$ -99,000,000	2010 est.


79	Papua New Guinea	$ -99,000,000	2010 est.

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