Lesotho vs Tuvalu: Current account balance

Lesotho
-3.94 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Tuvalu
20.21 million BoP, current US$
in 2023
Lesotho rank
77th
Tuvalu rank
75th

Current account balance over time

  • Lesotho
  • Tuvalu
-400.0M-200.0M0200.0M400.0M197520002025

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 20.21 million BoP, current US$ against -3.94 million BoP, current US$ in Lesotho, a difference of 24.15 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Tuvalu's figure about 5.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 77th and Tuvalu ranks 75th of 198 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Tuvalu Difference Ahead
2000s 104.96 million BoP, current US$ -4.87 million BoP, current US$ 109.83 million BoP, current US$ Lesotho
2010s -236.41 million BoP, current US$ -1.24 million BoP, current US$ 235.17 million BoP, current US$ Tuvalu
2020s -184.36 million BoP, current US$ 11.48 million BoP, current US$ 195.85 million BoP, current US$ Tuvalu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Lesotho or Tuvalu?
Tuvalu, at 20.21 million BoP, current US$ against -3.94 million BoP, current US$ in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in current account balance between Lesotho and Tuvalu?
24.15 million BoP, current US$, with Tuvalu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Tuvalu?
23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Tuvalu rank globally for current account balance?
Lesotho ranks 77th and Tuvalu ranks 75th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (BoP, current US$). 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.