El Salvador vs Mali: Current account balance

El Salvador
-1.30 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Mali
-1.16 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
El Salvador rank
134th
Mali rank
131st

Current account balance over time

  • El Salvador
  • Mali
-2.0B-1.5B-1.0B-500.0M0500.0M197520002025

How they compare

Mali currently reports -1.16 billion BoP, current US$ against -1.30 billion BoP, current US$ in El Salvador, a difference of 141.38 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 134th and Mali ranks 131st of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Mali in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Mali Difference Ahead
1970s -46.37 million BoP, current US$ -74.05 million BoP, current US$ 27.68 million BoP, current US$ El Salvador
1980s -36.28 million BoP, current US$ -166.98 million BoP, current US$ 130.70 million BoP, current US$ El Salvador
1990s -138.63 million BoP, current US$ -216.97 million BoP, current US$ 78.34 million BoP, current US$ El Salvador
2000s -677.81 million BoP, current US$ -436.01 million BoP, current US$ 241.80 million BoP, current US$ Mali
2010s -835.74 million BoP, current US$ -822.40 million BoP, current US$ 13.33 million BoP, current US$ Mali
2020s -933.32 million BoP, current US$ -1.22 billion BoP, current US$ 285.21 million BoP, current US$ El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, El Salvador or Mali?
Mali, at -1.16 billion BoP, current US$ against -1.30 billion BoP, current US$ in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between El Salvador and Mali?
141.38 million BoP, current US$, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mali?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Mali rank globally for current account balance?
El Salvador ranks 134th and Mali ranks 131st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (BoP, current US$). 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.