Barbados vs Zambia: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Barbados
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports -4.4% against -5.1% in Barbados, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 146th and Zambia ranks 143rd of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -5.3% | -3.8% | 1.5% | Zambia |
| 1980s | -2.8% | -12.2% | 9.4% | Barbados |
| 1990s | -2.6% | -11.8% | 9.2% | Barbados |
| 2000s | -7.9% | -7.0% | 0.9% | Zambia |
| 2010s | -5.9% | 0.7% | 6.6% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Barbados or Zambia?
- Zambia, at -4.4% against -5.1% in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Barbados and Zambia?
- 0.7%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2017.
- How do Barbados and Zambia rank globally for current account balance?
- Barbados ranks 146th and Zambia ranks 143rd 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.