Bahamas vs Saint Lucia: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Bahamas
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports -6.3% against -6.6% in Bahamas, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 152nd and Saint Lucia ranks 150th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 3 and Saint Lucia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -4.0% | -9.2% | 5.2% | Bahamas |
| 1990s | -4.3% | -8.5% | 4.1% | Bahamas |
| 2000s | -8.2% | -18.6% | 10.4% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | -10.5% | -5.0% | 5.5% | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | -13.0% | -7.2% | 5.8% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Bahamas or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at -6.3% against -6.6% in Bahamas as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Bahamas and Saint Lucia?
- 0.3%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Saint Lucia?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Saint Lucia rank globally for current account balance?
- Bahamas ranks 152nd and Saint Lucia ranks 150th 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.