Albania vs Costa Rica: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Albania
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Albania currently reports -0.5% against -0.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Albania ahead.
Albania ranks 89th and Costa Rica ranks 92nd of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Albania averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Albania | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -0.9% | -7.5% | 6.7% | Albania |
| 1990s | -5.9% | -3.9% | 2.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | -8.5% | -4.6% | 3.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | -9.2% | -3.6% | 5.6% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | -4.5% | -1.6% | 2.9% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Albania or Costa Rica?
- Albania, at -0.5% against -0.7% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Albania and Costa Rica?
- 0.2%, with Albania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Costa Rica?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Albania and Costa Rica rank globally for current account balance?
- Albania ranks 89th and Costa Rica ranks 92nd 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 (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.