Uzbekistan: Current account balance (current US$, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Uzbekistan's current account balance (current US$, BoP) rose US$88.26 million on 2024 (from −US$5.83 billion to −US$5.74 billion).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −US$367.29 million and a typical year strayed about US$1.98 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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$2.05 billion in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was US$5.07 billion in 2018. 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$764.1 million a year. A straight line explains 69% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about −US$9.47 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$1.21 billion, against US$3.61 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Uzbekistan had the 114th 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.

Closest to Uzbekistan in the 2025 ranking

• Serbia — 111th of 136: −US$4.9 billion
• Sudan — 112th of 136: −US$5.09 billion
• Slovak Republic — 113th of 136: −US$5.6 billion
• Bulgaria — 115th of 136: −US$7.64 billion
• Argentina — 116th of 136: −US$7.79 billion
• New Zealand — 117th of 136: −US$9.36 billion

What this measures

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.

All 21 values

Current account balance (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies

• Albania — −US$160.91 million (2025)
• Armenia — −US$2.55 billion (2025)
• Austria — US$10.4 billion (2025)
• Azerbaijan — US$3.48 billion (2025)
• Belarus — −US$1.14 billion (2025)
• Belgium — −US$1.13 billion (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — −US$1.32 billion (2025)
• Bulgaria — −US$7.64 billion (2025)
• Croatia — −US$3.35 billion (2025)
• Cyprus — −US$2.59 billion (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Uzbekistan

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.94% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$3.85 billion (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$5.86 billion (2021)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$24.35 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 306.29 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$34.87 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 39.98 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 16.56% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Uzbekistan's current account balance (current US$, BoP)?

−US$5.74 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is down 600.36% from US$1.15 billion in 2005. The highest value was US$3.18 billion in 2008 and the lowest −US$7.8 billion in 2023.

Source

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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