Burkina Faso vs Kazakhstan: Current account balance

Burkina Faso
-4.0%
in 2024
Kazakhstan
-4.1%
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
134th
Kazakhstan rank
135th

Current account balance over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Kazakhstan
-10-505199520102025

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports -4.0% against -4.1% in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 134th and Kazakhstan ranks 135th of 200 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
2000s -8.1% -0.8% 7.2% Kazakhstan
2010s -4.9% -0.6% 4.3% Kazakhstan
2020s -2.4% -2.1% 0.3% Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Burkina Faso or Kazakhstan?
Burkina Faso, at -4.0% against -4.1% in Kazakhstan as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan?
0.1%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan rank globally for current account balance?
Burkina Faso ranks 134th and Kazakhstan ranks 135th 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

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.