Eswatini vs Malaysia: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Eswatini
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 1.7% against 1.6% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 66th and Malaysia ranks 63rd of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -0.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | Malaysia |
| 1980s | -6.7% | -2.9% | 3.8% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | -1.2% | -1.6% | 0.3% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | -2.3% | 12.6% | 14.9% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 4.8% | 0.2% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 2.9% | 0.9% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Eswatini or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 1.7% against 1.6% in Eswatini as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Eswatini and Malaysia?
- 0.1%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Malaysia?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Malaysia rank globally for current account balance?
- Eswatini ranks 66th and Malaysia ranks 63rd 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.