Greece vs Tonga: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Greece
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports -6.7% against -7.1% in Greece, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 156th and Tonga ranks 153rd of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 4 and Tonga in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -2.9% | -5.0% | 2.1% | Greece |
| 1980s | -3.7% | -2.1% | 1.6% | Tonga |
| 1990s | -1.6% | 0.3% | 1.9% | Tonga |
| 2000s | -9.3% | -11.4% | 2.0% | Greece |
| 2010s | -3.8% | -11.6% | 7.8% | Greece |
| 2020s | -7.8% | -7.9% | 0.0% | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Greece or Tonga?
- Tonga, at -6.7% against -7.1% in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Greece and Tonga?
- 0.4%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Tonga?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Tonga rank globally for current account balance?
- Greece ranks 156th and Tonga ranks 153rd 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.