Barbados vs Côte d'Ivoire: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Barbados
- Côte d'Ivoire
How they compare
Côte d'Ivoire currently reports -4.5% against -5.1% in Barbados, a difference of 0.6%.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Côte d'Ivoire has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 146th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 144th of 200 countries.
Côte d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Côte d'Ivoire | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -9.7% | 1.5% | 11.2% | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | -5.9% | 0.5% | 6.4% | Côte d'Ivoire |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Barbados or Côte d'Ivoire?
- Côte d'Ivoire, at -4.5% against -5.1% in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Barbados and Côte d'Ivoire?
- 0.6%, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Côte d'Ivoire?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2017.
- How do Barbados and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for current account balance?
- Barbados ranks 146th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 144th 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.