El Salvador vs New Zealand: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- El Salvador
- New Zealand
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports -3.5% against -3.6% in New Zealand, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was New Zealand ahead.
El Salvador ranks 127th and New Zealand ranks 128th of 200 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -4.5% | -4.4% | 0.0% | New Zealand |
| 2010s | -3.8% | -3.0% | 0.8% | New Zealand |
| 2020s | -3.0% | -5.0% | 2.0% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, El Salvador or New Zealand?
- El Salvador, at -3.5% against -3.6% in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between El Salvador and New Zealand?
- 0.1%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and New Zealand?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and New Zealand rank globally for current account balance?
- El Salvador ranks 127th and New Zealand ranks 128th 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.