Myanmar vs Samoa: Current account balance

Myanmar
67.72 million BoP, current US$
in 2019
Samoa
89.26 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Myanmar rank
71st
Samoa rank
69th

Current account balance over time

  • Myanmar
  • Samoa
-4.0B-2.0B02.0B197620002025

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 89.26 million BoP, current US$ against 67.72 million BoP, current US$ in Myanmar, a difference of 21.54 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.3 times Myanmar's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Samoa ahead.

Myanmar ranks 71st and Samoa ranks 69th of 198 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Myanmar Samoa Difference Ahead
1970s -227.29 million BoP, current US$ -16.63 million BoP, current US$ 210.67 million BoP, current US$ Samoa
1980s -266.79 million BoP, current US$ 2.28 million BoP, current US$ 269.07 million BoP, current US$ Samoa
1990s -289.73 million BoP, current US$ -6.93 million BoP, current US$ 282.80 million BoP, current US$ Samoa
2000s 849.96 million BoP, current US$ -43.60 million BoP, current US$ 893.55 million BoP, current US$ Myanmar
2010s -1.66 billion BoP, current US$ -24.46 million BoP, current US$ 1.63 billion BoP, current US$ Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Myanmar or Samoa?
Samoa, at 89.26 million BoP, current US$ against 67.72 million BoP, current US$ in Myanmar as of 2025.
What is the difference in current account balance between Myanmar and Samoa?
21.54 million BoP, current US$, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Samoa?
39 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2019.
How do Myanmar and Samoa rank globally for current account balance?
Myanmar ranks 71st and Samoa ranks 69th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (BoP, current US$). 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.