Bhutan vs Malawi: Current account balance

Bhutan
-19.4%
in 2024
Malawi
-18.8%
in 2024
Bhutan rank
188th
Malawi rank
187th

Current account balance over time

  • Bhutan
  • Malawi
-30-20-10010198020022024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports -18.8% against -19.4% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 188th and Malawi ranks 187th of 200 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Malawi Difference Ahead
2000s -2.7% -6.7% 4.0% Bhutan
2010s -22.2% -12.7% 9.5% Malawi
2020s -21.6% -16.5% 5.2% Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Bhutan or Malawi?
Malawi, at -18.8% against -19.4% in Bhutan as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Bhutan and Malawi?
0.6%, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Malawi?
19 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Malawi rank globally for current account balance?
Bhutan ranks 188th and Malawi ranks 187th 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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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.