Kiribati vs Palestine: Current account balance

Kiribati
-17.6%
in 2025
Palestine
-15.8%
in 2025
Kiribati rank
185th
Palestine rank
183rd

Current account balance over time

  • Kiribati
  • Palestine
-50-2502550197920022025

How they compare

Palestine currently reports -15.8% against -17.6% in Kiribati, a difference of 1.8%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 185th and Palestine ranks 183rd of 200 countries.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Palestine Difference Ahead
2000s -6.5% -9.8% 3.3% Kiribati
2010s 15.9% -14.0% 29.9% Kiribati
2020s -1.6% -13.7% 12.1% Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Kiribati or Palestine?
Palestine, at -15.8% against -17.6% in Kiribati as of 2025.
What is the difference in current account balance between Kiribati and Palestine?
1.8%, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Palestine?
20 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2025.
How do Kiribati and Palestine rank globally for current account balance?
Kiribati ranks 185th and Palestine ranks 183rd 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.