Madagascar vs East Timor: Current account balance

Madagascar
-749.01 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
East Timor
-701.36 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Madagascar rank
118th
East Timor rank
117th

Current account balance over time

  • Madagascar
  • East Timor
-2.0B-1.0B01.0B2.0B3.0B197419992025

How they compare

East Timor currently reports -701.36 million BoP, current US$ against -749.01 million BoP, current US$ in Madagascar, a difference of 47.66 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2006 it was East Timor ahead.

Madagascar ranks 118th and East Timor ranks 117th of 198 countries.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar East Timor Difference Ahead
2000s -1.21 billion BoP, current US$ 1.26 billion BoP, current US$ 2.47 billion BoP, current US$ East Timor
2010s -386.84 million BoP, current US$ 986.16 million BoP, current US$ 1.37 billion BoP, current US$ East Timor
2020s -678.29 million BoP, current US$ 432.73 million BoP, current US$ 1.11 billion BoP, current US$ East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Madagascar or East Timor?
East Timor, at -701.36 million BoP, current US$ against -749.01 million BoP, current US$ in Madagascar as of 2025.
What is the difference in current account balance between Madagascar and East Timor?
47.66 million BoP, current US$, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and East Timor?
19 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and East Timor rank globally for current account balance?
Madagascar ranks 118th and East Timor ranks 117th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (BoP, current US$). 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.