Estonia vs France: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Estonia
- France
How they compare
Estonia currently reports -0.1% against -0.3% in France, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1993 it was France ahead.
Estonia ranks 80th and France ranks 83rd of 200 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 1 and France in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -5.7% | 1.7% | 7.4% | France |
| 2000s | -9.1% | 0.3% | 9.4% | France |
| 2010s | 0.8% | -0.6% | 1.4% | Estonia |
| 2020s | -2.0% | -0.7% | 1.3% | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Estonia or France?
- Estonia, at -0.1% against -0.3% in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Estonia and France?
- 0.2%, with Estonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and France?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2025.
- How do Estonia and France rank globally for current account balance?
- Estonia ranks 80th and France ranks 83rd 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.