Eritrea vs Palestine, State of: Current account balance

Eritrea
-14.8%
in 2000
Palestine, State of
-15.8%
in 2025
Eritrea rank
181st
Palestine, State of rank
183rd

Current account balance over time

  • Eritrea
  • Palestine, State of
-40-2002040199220082025

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports -14.8% against -15.8% in Palestine, State of, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 181st and Palestine, State of ranks 183rd of 200 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Palestine, State of Difference Ahead
1990s -16.6% -33.3% 16.7% Eritrea
2000s -14.8% -19.9% 5.0% Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Eritrea or Palestine, State of?
Eritrea, at -14.8% against -15.8% in Palestine, State of as of 2000.
What is the difference in current account balance between Eritrea and Palestine, State of?
1.0%, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Palestine, State of?
6 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2000.
How do Eritrea and Palestine, State of rank globally for current account balance?
Eritrea ranks 181st and Palestine, State of ranks 183rd 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

Indicator
Current account balance (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 7,731 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.