1Q20 Results Discussion
Current account deficit down to historic lows
Current account balance (% of nominal GDP)
Sources: NBG
20%
Double digit shrinking in the trade deficit helped current account balance (CAB) to
improve to a historic low of 5.1% in 2019, providing a strong position to withstand
the pandemic, with IMF expecting CAB to widen to around 11% of GDP in 2020
Exports and Re-exports, US$ billion
Source: NBG
12.0
Service exports
■Goods exports, geo-originated
Goods, net
Current transfers, net
FDI and capital goods import
Source: GeoStat
20.0%
I Services, net
Current account
■Re-exports
10.0
1.0
20%
0.8
10%
8.0
10%
◊
1.1 0.9
0.5
0%
0.9
0%
6.0
0.4 0.3
3.6 3.9
-10%
0.7
3.1
-10%
-5.6%
-20%
-9.8%
-12.2% -11.4%
-10.2%
-8.1%
-6.8%
-5.1%
4.0
0.3
0.5
0.2
3.1 3.1 2.6 2.5
0.2
-11.8%
-12.5%
-20%
-30%
2.0
-30%
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1
0.1 0.2
2.5
2.5
1.8
2.1
1.9
1.6
1.4
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
0.0
0.7 0.9
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.6
2.0
2.6 3.0
3.0 3.1 3.3 4.0 4.5 4.6
I Investment income, net
FDI
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
15.0%
11.7%
11.1%
10.3%
10.3%
8.7%
8.5%
10.0%
6.9%
7.5% 7.2%
8.1%
7.9%
5.7%
6.2%
5.9% 6.5%
7.2%
7.6%
7.2%
7.8%
7.1%
5.0%
2008
2009
0.0%
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
FDI, % of GDP
Capital Goods Import, % of GDP
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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