Cape Verde vs Jamaica: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Cape Verde
- Jamaica
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 3.5% against 3.1% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 51st and Jamaica ranks 53rd of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -4.9% | -7.2% | 2.3% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | -7.2% | -2.7% | 4.5% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | -10.5% | -10.2% | 0.4% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | -7.2% | -5.7% | 1.5% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | -6.0% | 1.0% | 7.0% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Cape Verde or Jamaica?
- Cape Verde, at 3.5% against 3.1% in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Cape Verde and Jamaica?
- 0.4%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Jamaica?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Jamaica rank globally for current account balance?
- Cape Verde ranks 51st and Jamaica ranks 53rd 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.