Gabon vs Zimbabwe: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Gabon
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 1.2% against 1.0% in Gabon, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.2 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 72nd and Zimbabwe ranks 70th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.6% | 0.1% | 5.6% | Gabon |
| 1980s | -3.6% | -2.0% | 1.6% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 1.5% | -4.7% | 6.3% | Gabon |
| 2000s | 6.6% | -7.6% | 14.2% | Gabon |
| 2010s | 9.7% | -13.4% | 23.1% | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Gabon or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 1.2% against 1.0% in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 0.2%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2015.
- How do Gabon and Zimbabwe rank globally for current account balance?
- Gabon ranks 72nd and Zimbabwe ranks 70th 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.