Cape Verde vs Peru: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Cape Verde
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 3.6% against 3.5% in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 51st and Peru ranks 49th of 200 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -4.9% | -4.8% | 0.1% | Peru |
| 1990s | -7.2% | -5.8% | 1.5% | Peru |
| 2000s | -10.5% | -0.8% | 9.7% | Peru |
| 2010s | -7.2% | -2.7% | 4.5% | Peru |
| 2020s | -4.4% | 0.1% | 4.6% | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Cape Verde or Peru?
- Peru, at 3.6% against 3.5% in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Cape Verde and Peru?
- 0.1%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Peru?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Peru rank globally for current account balance?
- Cape Verde ranks 51st and Peru ranks 49th 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.