This entry records a country's net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings from rents, interest, profits, and dividends, and net transfer payments (such as pension funds and worker remittances) to and from the rest of the world during the period specified. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
RANK COUNTRY CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE DATE OF INFORMATION
1 China$ 280,600,000,0002011 est.
2 Saudi Arabia$ 151,400,000,0002011 est.
3 Germany$ 149,300,000,0002011 est.
4 Japan$ 122,800,000,0002011 est.
5 Russia$ 90,510,000,0002011 est.
6 Switzerland$ 76,700,000,0002011 est.
7 Qatar$ 76,370,000,0002011 est.
8 Netherlands$ 64,100,000,0002011 est.
9 Norway$ 63,500,000,0002011 est.
10 Kuwait$ 61,720,000,0002011 est.
11 Singapore$ 42,110,000,0002011 est.
12 Iran$ 42,000,000,0002011 est.
13 Sweden$ 41,600,000,0002011 est.
14 Taiwan$ 40,910,000,0002011 est.
15 United Arab Emirates$ 38,450,000,0002011 est.
16 Malaysia$ 32,990,000,0002011 est.
17 Venezuela$ 24,620,000,0002011 est.
18 Denmark$ 23,200,000,0002011 est.
19 Korea, South$ 22,100,000,0002011 est.
20 Algeria$ 18,120,000,0002011 est.
21 Iraq$ 17,370,000,0002011 est.
Now this is the bottom of the global list.
184 South Africa$ -16,670,000,0002011 est.
185 Portugal$ -20,400,000,0002011 est.
186 Greece$ -28,400,000,0002011 est.
187 Poland$ -29,960,000,0002011 est.
188 Australia$ -30,700,000,0002011 est.
189 European Union$ -32,720,000,0002011 est.
190 Canada$ -52,600,000,0002011 est.
191 Spain$ -60,900,000,0002011 est.
192 India$ -62,960,000,0002011 est.
193 Brazil$ -63,470,000,0002011 est.
194 United Kingdom$ -66,600,000,0002011 est.
195 Turkey$ -71,940,000,0002011 est.
196 France$ -74,300,000,0002011 est.
197 Italy$ -77,800,000,0002011 est.
198 United States$ -599,900,000,0002011 est.
So where is New Zealand?
173 New Zealand$ -5,097,000,0002011 est. And we are not happy at all about this.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html