Economic Policy & Debt · Paraguay
Paraguay: Current account balance (current US$, BoP)
Yearly data from 1975 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Economic Policy & Debt · Paraguay
Yearly data from 1975 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Paraguay's current account balance (current US$, BoP) was −US$1.24 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1,477% from −US$78.89 million in 2015.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | −US$1.24 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$845.76 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | −US$78.89 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$1.66 billion | 2016 |
| Lowest | −US$2.7 billion | 2022 |
| Average since 2016 | −US$155.17 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | −US$72.2 million | 1975 |
Over five years it is down 247.14% from US$845.76 million in 2020. Since 1975 it is down 1,624% from −US$72.2 million in 1975.
In 2025, Paraguay's current account balance (current US$, BoP) rose US$209.69 million on 2024 (from −US$1.45 billion to −US$1.24 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −US$39.34 million and a typical year strayed about US$983.33 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$2.82 billion in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was US$2.46 billion in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$334.38 million a year. A straight line explains 57% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Paraguay had the 86th highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Limitations: Discrepancies may arise in the balance of payments because there is no single source for balance of payments data and therefore no way to ensure that the data are fully consistent. Sources include customs data, monetary accounts of the banking system, external debt records, information provided by enterprises, surveys to estimate service transactions, and foreign exchange records. Differences in collection methods - such as in timing, definitions of residence and ownership, and the exchange rate used to value transactions - contribute to net errors and omissions. In addition, smuggling and other illegal or quasi-legal transactions may be unrecorded or misrecorded.
| Year | Current account balance (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -1,244,481,113 |
| 2024 | -1,454,167,367 |
| 2023 | 122,829,690 |
| 2022 | -2,699,516,140 |
| 2021 | -243,174,989 |
| 2020 | 845,762,385 |
| 2019 | -61,722,279 |
| 2018 | 92,802,949 |
| 2017 | 1,433,919,970 |
| 2016 | 1,656,041,791 |
| 2015 | -78,894,055 |
| 2014 | -317,739,998 |
| 2013 | 321,077,948 |
| 2012 | -627,326,585 |
| 2011 | -247,397,781 |
| 2010 | -309,033,102 |
| 2009 | 396,891,698 |
| 2008 | 92,268,274 |
| 2007 | 778,964,610 |
| 2006 | 167,126,142 |
| 2005 | -67,505,838 |
| 2004 | -9,809,999 |
| 2003 | 17,010,535 |
| 2002 | 619,819,391 |
| 2001 | -31,921,268 |
| 2000 | -247,118,011 |
| 1999 | 138,717,161 |
| 1998 | 131,932,622 |
| 1997 | -548,682,953 |
| 1996 | -69,209,119 |
| 1995 | -217,392,730 |
| 1994 | -274,100,000 |
| 1993 | 59,100,000 |
| 1992 | -57,300,000 |
| 1991 | 85,100,000 |
| 1990 | 390,100,000 |
| 1989 | 255,600,000 |
| 1988 | -210,200,000 |
| 1987 | -489,800,000 |
| 1986 | -364,900,000 |
| 1985 | -251,700,000 |
| 1984 | -317,400,000 |
| 1983 | -247,900,000 |
| 1982 | -374,800,000 |
| 1981 | -373,500,000 |
| 1980 | -277,000,000 |
| 1979 | -205,900,000 |
| 1978 | -112,900,000 |
| 1977 | -58,600,000 |
| 1976 | -68,500,000 |
| 1975 | -72,200,000 |
Every indicator for Paraguay is on the Paraguay data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BN.CAB.XOKA.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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