Bahamas vs Niger: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Bahamas
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports -6.1% against -6.6% in Bahamas, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 152nd and Niger ranks 149th of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 4 and Niger in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.8% | -6.8% | 9.6% | Bahamas |
| 1980s | -4.0% | -7.7% | 3.7% | Bahamas |
| 1990s | -4.3% | -5.5% | 1.1% | Bahamas |
| 2000s | -8.2% | -7.4% | 0.8% | Niger |
| 2010s | -10.5% | -12.8% | 2.3% | Bahamas |
| 2020s | -13.0% | -12.7% | 0.3% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Bahamas or Niger?
- Niger, at -6.1% against -6.6% in Bahamas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Bahamas and Niger?
- 0.5%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Niger?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Niger rank globally for current account balance?
- Bahamas ranks 152nd and Niger ranks 149th 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.