Angola vs Gabon: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Angola
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 1.0% against 0.4% in Angola, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Gabon's figure about 2.2 times Angola's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 75th and Gabon ranks 72nd of 200 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 1 and Gabon in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -0.6% | -14.1% | 13.5% | Angola |
| 1990s | -6.6% | 3.9% | 10.4% | Gabon |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 14.9% | 13.1% | Gabon |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 9.7% | 6.2% | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Angola or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 1.0% against 0.4% in Angola as of 2015.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Angola and Gabon?
- 0.6%, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Gabon?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2015.
- How do Angola and Gabon rank globally for current account balance?
- Angola ranks 75th and Gabon ranks 72nd 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.