Dominican Republic Current Account to GDP

Dominican Republic recorded a Current Account deficit of 1.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2018. Current Account to GDP in Dominican Republic averaged -2.72 percent from 1993 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 5 percent in 2003 and a record low of -9.40 percent in 2008.

Current Account to GDP in Dominican Republic is expected to be -1.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Dominican Republic Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -2.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

Dominican Republic Current Account to GDP

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Dominican Republic Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-664.20	-871.40	122.10	-871.40	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	-629.00	-287.90	587.00	-1561.10	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-1.40	-0.20	5.00	-9.40	percent	[+]
Imports	1618.10	1801.00	1801.00	324.80	USD Million	[+]
Exports	847.00	946.40	1007.40	282.80	USD Million	[+]
Remittances	674.96	525.40	1088.90	78.50	USD Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.56	Tonnes	[+]
Terrorism Index	0.38	0.89	2.58	0.00		[+]
Tourist Arrivals	659008.00	485481.00	667545.00	16835.00		[+]
External Debt	21546.50	21556.70	21777.80	11056.90	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	442.40	582.00	1658.60	123.50	USD Million	[+]
Capital Flows	-1858.00	526.70	3231.20	-2139.90	USD Million	[+]

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The Current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication on the level of international competitiveness of a country. Usually, countries recording a strong current account surplus have an economy heavily dependent on exports revenues, with high savings ratings but weak domestic demand. On the other hand, countries recording a current account deficit have strong imports, a low saving rates and high personal consumption rates as a percentage of disposable incomes. This page provides - Dominican Republic Current Account to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Dominican Republic Current Account to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-1.40	-0.20	5.00	-9.40	1993 - 2018	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Singapore	17.70	Dec/18	16	26.1 : -13.1	%
Netherlands	10.80	Dec/18	10.5	10.8 : -1	%
Switzerland	10.20	Dec/18	6.7	14.8 : -0.6	%
Saudi Arabia	9.20	Dec/18	1.5	28.5 : -21	%
Germany	7.30	Dec/18	8	8.5 : -1.8	%
Russia	7.00	Dec/18	2.1	18 : -1.4	%
South Korea	4.70	Dec/18	4.9	10.7 : -10.5	%
Japan	3.50	Dec/18	4	4.7 : -1	%
Euro Area	3.00	Dec/18	3.2	3.2 : -1.5	%
Italy	2.50	Dec/18	2.8	2.9 : -3.7	%
Spain	0.90	Dec/18	1.8	2.3 : -9.6	%
China	0.40	Dec/18	1.3	10.1 : -3.7	%
France	-0.30	Dec/18	-0.6	3.4 : -2.1	%
Brazil	-0.77	Dec/18	-0.35	1.8 : -8.2	%
Australia	-1.50	Dec/18	-3.4	2.3 : -7.3	%
Mexico	-1.60	Dec/17	-2.1	3.4 : -6.1	%
India	-2.30	Dec/18	-1.9	2.3 : -4.8	%
United States	-2.40	Dec/18	-2.3	0.2 : -6	%
Canada	-3.00	Dec/17	-3.3	2.7 : -4.2	%
Indonesia	-3.00	Dec/18	-1.6	4.8 : -6.8	%
South Africa	-3.50	Dec/18	-2.5	6 : -7.5	%
Turkey	-3.50	Dec/18	-5.6	1.9 : -8.9	%
United Kingdom	-3.90	Dec/18	-3.3	2.6 : -5.2	%
Argentina	-5.40	Dec/18	-4.9	8 : -5.4	%