Djibouti vs Papua New Guinea: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Djibouti
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 15.5% against 14.7% in Djibouti, a difference of 0.8%.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Djibouti's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Djibouti ahead.
Djibouti ranks 14th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 200 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Djibouti | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.4% | 5.0% | 10.4% | Djibouti |
| 2000s | -0.6% | 4.9% | 5.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 4.8% | 1.9% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 11.3% | 13.2% | 1.9% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Djibouti or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 15.5% against 14.7% in Djibouti as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Djibouti and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.8%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
- How do Djibouti and Papua New Guinea rank globally for current account balance?
- Djibouti ranks 14th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th 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.