Eswatini vs Sri Lanka: Current account balance

Eswatini
1.6%
in 2024
Sri Lanka
1.2%
in 2024
Eswatini rank
66th
Sri Lanka rank
69th

Current account balance over time

  • Eswatini
  • Sri Lanka
-30-20-1001020197419992024

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 1.6% against 1.2% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.3 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 66th and Sri Lanka ranks 69th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s -3.4% -1.7% 1.6% Sri Lanka
1980s -6.7% -7.7% 1.0% Eswatini
1990s -1.2% -4.4% 3.1% Eswatini
2000s -2.3% -3.5% 1.2% Eswatini
2010s 4.6% -3.2% 7.8% Eswatini
2020s 2.0% -0.8% 2.8% Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Eswatini or Sri Lanka?
Eswatini, at 1.6% against 1.2% in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Eswatini and Sri Lanka?
0.4%, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Sri Lanka?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Sri Lanka rank globally for current account balance?
Eswatini ranks 66th and Sri Lanka ranks 69th 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.