Guinea-Bissau vs Seychelles: Current account balance

Guinea-Bissau
-7.4%
in 2024
Seychelles
-7.5%
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
158th
Seychelles rank
159th

Current account balance over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Seychelles
-30-20-10010197620002024

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports -7.4% against -7.5% in Seychelles, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 158th and Seychelles ranks 159th of 200 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 3 and Seychelles in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Seychelles Difference Ahead
1980s -15.8% -13.3% 2.5% Seychelles
1990s -8.1% -2.5% 5.7% Seychelles
2000s -2.3% -15.8% 13.4% Guinea-Bissau
2010s -2.9% -12.7% 9.8% Guinea-Bissau
2020s -5.2% -9.0% 3.8% Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Guinea-Bissau or Seychelles?
Guinea-Bissau, at -7.4% against -7.5% in Seychelles as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Guinea-Bissau and Seychelles?
0.1%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Seychelles?
40 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Seychelles rank globally for current account balance?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 158th and Seychelles ranks 159th 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.