Azerbaijan vs Nicaragua: Current account balance

Azerbaijan
4.6%
in 2025
Nicaragua
4.2%
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
43rd
Nicaragua rank
46th

Current account balance over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 4.6% against 4.2% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Azerbaijan's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Azerbaijan ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 43rd and Nicaragua ranks 46th of 200 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Azerbaijan Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1990s -22.6% -17.9% 4.6% Nicaragua
2000s 2.9% -14.1% 17.0% Azerbaijan
2010s 12.7% -7.4% 20.2% Azerbaijan
2020s 12.4% 2.1% 10.3% Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Azerbaijan or Nicaragua?
Azerbaijan, at 4.6% against 4.2% in Nicaragua as of 2025.
What is the difference in current account balance between Azerbaijan and Nicaragua?
0.4%, with Azerbaijan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Nicaragua?
30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
How do Azerbaijan and Nicaragua rank globally for current account balance?
Azerbaijan ranks 43rd and Nicaragua ranks 46th 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

Indicator
Current account balance (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
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, 7,731 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 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.