Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 6.0 | 2.8 | 4.5 | -13.9 | -10.9 | -30.8 | 23.9 | 29.5 | -1.0 | -4.8 | 14.7 | 18.3 | 11.7 | -6.6 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 14.9 | |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 5.4 | -1.0 | 2.3 | -2.1 | -2.3 | -2.5 | -1.2 | -1.9 | -5.2 | -6.2 | -3.2 | -2.9 | -3.2 | -3.7 | -4.4 | -2.2 | -3.2 | |
| Libya | 7.6 | 16.4 | 31.6 | 22.3 | 6.6 | 25.8 | 0.0 | -33.2 | -19.2 | -9.4 | 6.6 | 14.7 | 7.0 | -10.2 | 16.1 | 22.2 | 4.1 | |
| Tunisia | -3.8 | -3.8 | -0.9 | -4.6 | -7.0 | -7.9 | -8.0 | -8.9 | -8.6 | -8.5 | -10.0 | -10.8 | -8.0 | -6.0 | -5.9 | -8.8 | -2.3 | |
| Burundi | -6.1 | -5.8 | -0.5 | -14.8 | -12.7 | -11.2 | -10.5 | -15.8 | -11.5 | -12.4 | -13.7 | -14.6 | -15.2 | -13.0 | -14.2 | -18.6 | -23.8 | |
| Comoros | -2.4 | -4.1 | -4.3 | -5.4 | -4.0 | -3.8 | -0.3 | -4.3 | -2.1 | -2.8 | -3.3 | -1.8 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -1.7 | |||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | -3.2 | -10.1 | -5.0 | -4.3 | -9.5 | -4.8 | -3.9 | -4.1 | -3.3 | -3.5 | -3.3 | -2.2 | -1.1 | -4.8 | -5.8 | |||
| Eritrea | -14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | -2.4 | 0.2 | -12.6 | -2.1 | -3.3 | -7.1 | -6.4 | -10.4 | -11.7 | -10.6 | -7.3 | -5.5 | -5.2 | -2.5 | -4.1 | -4.1 | -2.9 | |
| Kenya | -6.1 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -5.2 | -8.1 | -7.5 | -7.9 | -9.3 | -6.3 | -5.4 | -7.0 | -5.4 | -5.2 | -3.7 | -5.1 | -5.1 | -4.0 | |
| Madagascar | -6.7 | -5.6 | -12.5 | -8.9 | -6.7 | -7.5 | -6.5 | -0.6 | -2.3 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -2.1 | -4.8 | -5.0 | -5.4 | ||
| Malawi | -3.1 | -2.9 | -9.5 | -9.6 | -9.8 | -8.5 | -15.4 | -12.8 | -11.5 | -12.7 | -17.4 | -17.3 | -12.0 | -13.9 | -15.5 | -17.8 | -17.9 | |
| Mauritius | -4.4 | -0.8 | -4.9 | -10.1 | -13.5 | -7.1 | -6.1 | -5.3 | -3.5 | -3.9 | -4.5 | -3.8 | -5.0 | -8.8 | -13.0 | -11.1 | -4.6 | |
| Rwanda | -6.5 | -6.9 | -9.7 | -7.5 | -11.3 | -12.7 | -15.3 | -9.5 | -10.1 | -11.9 | -12.1 | -10.9 | -9.4 | -11.5 | ||||
| Seychelles | -3.3 | -6.6 | -17.8 | -21.8 | -28.5 | -14.8 | -11.9 | -22.4 | -17.9 | -2.6 | -2.2 | -2.3 | -2.8 | -12.5 | -10.8 | -7.0 | -7.1 | |
| Sudan | -1.1 | -4.2 | -7.0 | -2.9 | -4.8 | -16.6 | -13.5 | -7.2 | -10.6 | -9.9 | -11.2 | -14.5 | -14.8 | -21.6 | -7.7 | -8.6 | ||
| Eswatini | 4.6 | -2.6 | -3.2 | -8.7 | -5.8 | 4.9 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 2.6 | -3.0 | 2.3 | |
| Uganda | -6.1 | -5.8 | 0.5 | -6.0 | -7.5 | -6.1 | -6.1 | -6.6 | -5.1 | -2.7 | -4.9 | -6.3 | -7.4 | -9.6 | -8.9 | -8.9 | -7.7 | |
| Zambia | -18.1 | -18.4 | -2.8 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | -0.6 | -1.4 | -3.6 | -4.6 | -1.7 | -1.3 | 0.6 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 3.7 | -2.1 | |
| Zimbabwe | -1.6 | -13.7 | -19.5 | -13.3 | -13.9 | -12.0 | -8.0 | -3.4 | -0.5 | -4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 |