Canada vs Costa Rica: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Canada
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports -0.7% against -0.9% in Canada, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 95th and Costa Rica ranks 92nd of 200 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -3.5% | -10.5% | 7.0% | Canada |
| 1980s | -2.2% | -7.5% | 5.4% | Canada |
| 1990s | -2.0% | -3.9% | 1.9% | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.1% | -4.6% | 5.7% | Canada |
| 2010s | -2.9% | -3.6% | 0.7% | Canada |
| 2020s | -0.8% | -1.6% | 0.9% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Canada or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at -0.7% against -0.9% in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Canada and Costa Rica?
- 0.2%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Costa Rica?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Costa Rica rank globally for current account balance?
- Canada ranks 95th and Costa Rica ranks 92nd 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.
Individual pages
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.