Italy vs Zimbabwe: Current account balance

Italy
1.1%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
1.2%
in 2024
Italy rank
71st
Zimbabwe rank
70th

Current account balance over time

  • Italy
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 1.2% against 1.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 71st and Zimbabwe ranks 70th of 200 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1970s 1.4% 0.1% 1.4% Italy
1980s -1.0% -2.0% 1.0% Italy
1990s -0.7% -4.7% 4.0% Italy
2000s -1.8% -7.6% 5.8% Italy
2010s 0.9% -8.6% 9.4% Italy
2020s 1.1% 1.1% 0.0% Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Italy or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 1.2% against 1.1% in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Italy and Zimbabwe?
0.1%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Zimbabwe?
34 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Italy and Zimbabwe rank globally for current account balance?
Italy ranks 71st 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

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.