Zambia - Current account balance

-1.0 (billion US dollars) in 2017

Current account balance of Zambia surged by 7.71% from -0.9 billion US dollars in 2016 to -1.0 billion US dollars in 2017. Since the 245.53% slump in 2015, current account balance soared by 21.06% 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.