Current account balance

-0.2 (billion US dollars) in 2017

Current account balance of Dominican Republic sank by 79.75% from -0.8 billion US dollars in 2016 to -0.2 billion US dollars in 2017. Since the 8.33% jump in 2011, current account balance plummeted by 96.21% in 2017.

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Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.

Date Value Change, %
2017 -0.2 -79.75%
2016 -0.8 -36.33%
2015 -1.3 -41.01%
2014 -2.2 -15.50%
2013 -2.6 -35.33%
2012 -4.0 -8.90%
2011 -4.4 8.33%
2010 -4.0 74.73%
2009 -2.3 -49.05%
2008 -4.5 108.68%
2007 -2.2 68.30%
2006 -1.3