Jordan vs Saint Lucia: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Jordan
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Jordan currently reports -5.3% against -6.3% in Saint Lucia, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 147th and Saint Lucia ranks 150th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 4 and Saint Lucia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -1.8% | -9.2% | 7.4% | Jordan |
| 1990s | -4.9% | -8.5% | 3.5% | Jordan |
| 2000s | -4.1% | -18.6% | 14.5% | Jordan |
| 2010s | -7.9% | -5.0% | 2.9% | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | -5.7% | -7.2% | 1.5% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Jordan or Saint Lucia?
- Jordan, at -5.3% against -6.3% in Saint Lucia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Jordan and Saint Lucia?
- 1.0%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Saint Lucia?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Jordan and Saint Lucia rank globally for current account balance?
- Jordan ranks 147th and Saint Lucia ranks 150th 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.