Bangladesh vs Barbados: Current account balance

Bangladesh
-239.44 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Barbados
-296.40 million BoP, current US$
in 2017
Bangladesh rank
100th
Barbados rank
103rd

Current account balance over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
-20.0B-15.0B-10.0B-5.0B05.0B196719962025

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports -239.44 million BoP, current US$ against -296.40 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados, a difference of 56.95 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Barbados ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 100th and Barbados ranks 103rd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Barbados in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Barbados Difference Ahead
1970s -339.28 million BoP, current US$ -45.78 million BoP, current US$ 293.51 million BoP, current US$ Barbados
1980s -543.28 million BoP, current US$ -28.12 million BoP, current US$ 515.15 million BoP, current US$ Barbados
1990s -209.48 million BoP, current US$ 16.19 million BoP, current US$ 225.67 million BoP, current US$ Barbados
2000s 611.24 million BoP, current US$ -308.21 million BoP, current US$ 919.45 million BoP, current US$ Bangladesh
2010s 607.81 million BoP, current US$ -330.00 million BoP, current US$ 937.81 million BoP, current US$ Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Bangladesh or Barbados?
Bangladesh, at -239.44 million BoP, current US$ against -296.40 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados as of 2025.
What is the difference in current account balance between Bangladesh and Barbados?
56.95 million BoP, current US$, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Barbados?
42 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2017.
How do Bangladesh and Barbados rank globally for current account balance?
Bangladesh ranks 100th and Barbados ranks 103rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Current account balance (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 7,806 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.