Marshall Islands vs Sao Tome and Principe: Current account balance

Marshall Islands
62.33 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
41.50 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Marshall Islands rank
72nd
Sao Tome and Principe rank
73rd

Current account balance over time

  • Marshall Islands
  • Sao Tome and Principe
-100.0M-50.0M050.0M100.0M197419992024

How they compare

Marshall Islands currently reports 62.33 million BoP, current US$ against 41.50 million BoP, current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 20.83 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Marshall Islands's figure about 1.5 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Marshall Islands has been ahead every year.

Marshall Islands ranks 72nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 73rd of 200 countries.

Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Marshall Islands Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
2000s -9.77 million BoP, current US$ -66.10 million BoP, current US$ 56.33 million BoP, current US$ Marshall Islands
2010s 5.53 million BoP, current US$ -84.59 million BoP, current US$ 90.12 million BoP, current US$ Marshall Islands
2020s 57.61 million BoP, current US$ -23.61 million BoP, current US$ 81.22 million BoP, current US$ Marshall Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Marshall Islands or Sao Tome and Principe?
Marshall Islands, at 62.33 million BoP, current US$ against 41.50 million BoP, current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Marshall Islands and Sao Tome and Principe?
20.83 million BoP, current US$, with Marshall Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Marshall Islands and Sao Tome and Principe?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Marshall Islands and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for current account balance?
Marshall Islands ranks 72nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 73rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Marshall Islands vs Sao Tome and Principe: Current account balance. Statizoid, drawing on Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/current-account-balance-bop-current-us/marshall-islands/sao-tome-and-principe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/current-account-balance-bop-current-us/marshall-islands/sao-tome-and-principe/">Marshall Islands vs Sao Tome and Principe: Current account balance</a> — Statizoid

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
201 places, 7,828 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.