Chile vs Guinea: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Chile
- Guinea
How they compare
Chile currently reports -1.2% against -1.6% in Guinea, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Guinea ahead.
Chile ranks 99th and Guinea ranks 102nd of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 4 and Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -3.2% | -4.2% | 1.1% | Chile |
| 1990s | -2.6% | -3.9% | 1.3% | Chile |
| 2000s | 1.0% | -4.5% | 5.4% | Chile |
| 2010s | -3.5% | -10.3% | 6.8% | Chile |
| 2020s | -4.5% | 14.0% | 18.5% | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Chile or Guinea?
- Chile, at -1.2% against -1.6% in Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Chile and Guinea?
- 0.4%, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Guinea?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Guinea rank globally for current account balance?
- Chile ranks 99th and Guinea ranks 102nd 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.