Eritrea vs Vanuatu: Current account balance

Eritrea
-104.66 million BoP, current US$
in 2000
Vanuatu
-127.43 million BoP, current US$
in 2022
Eritrea rank
88th
Vanuatu rank
90th

Current account balance over time

  • Eritrea
  • Vanuatu
-300.0M-200.0M-100.0M0100.0M200.0M198220022022

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports -104.66 million BoP, current US$ against -127.43 million BoP, current US$ in Vanuatu, a difference of 22.77 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 88th and Vanuatu ranks 90th of 198 countries.

Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1990s -21.13 million BoP, current US$ -13.96 million BoP, current US$ 7.17 million BoP, current US$ Vanuatu
2000s -104.66 million BoP, current US$ 4.99 million BoP, current US$ 109.65 million BoP, current US$ Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Eritrea or Vanuatu?
Eritrea, at -104.66 million BoP, current US$ against -127.43 million BoP, current US$ in Vanuatu as of 2000.
What is the difference in current account balance between Eritrea and Vanuatu?
22.77 million BoP, current US$, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Vanuatu?
9 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2000.
How do Eritrea and Vanuatu rank globally for current account balance?
Eritrea ranks 88th and Vanuatu ranks 90th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

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.