Aruba vs Bahrain: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Aruba
- Bahrain
How they compare
Aruba currently reports 5.2% against 4.8% in Bahrain, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Aruba's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Bahrain ahead.
Aruba ranks 37th and Bahrain ranks 40th of 200 countries.
Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Bahrain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -5.8% | -1.8% | 4.1% | Bahrain |
| 1990s | -7.4% | -4.0% | 3.4% | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 6.2% | 1.5% | Bahrain |
| 2010s | -3.0% | 1.4% | 4.4% | Bahrain |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 4.5% | 4.0% | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Aruba or Bahrain?
- Aruba, at 5.2% against 4.8% in Bahrain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Aruba and Bahrain?
- 0.4%, with Aruba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Bahrain?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2023.
- How do Aruba and Bahrain rank globally for current account balance?
- Aruba ranks 37th and Bahrain ranks 40th 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.