Fig. 1
From: Determinants of current account imbalance in the global economy: a dynamic panel analysis
Current account balance as a share of GDP (Source: Author’s calculation based on IMF-WEO 2012 and IMF–IFS 2012). Note: The chart is based on the following country groups: Eurozone: Austria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, BRICS: Brazil, India and South Africa; Asian Tigers: Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand; rest of the world: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cape Verde, Congo Republic, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niger, Oman, Panama, Poland, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, UK, Venezuela and Zambia