Kosovo vs Romania: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Kosovo
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports -7.9% against -8.1% in Kosovo, a difference of 0.2%.
Across all 18 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.
Kosovo ranks 166th and Romania ranks 164th of 200 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kosovo | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -11.7% | -8.2% | 3.5% | Romania |
| 2010s | -7.8% | -3.1% | 4.7% | Romania |
| 2020s | -8.1% | -7.5% | 0.7% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Kosovo or Romania?
- Romania, at -7.9% against -8.1% in Kosovo as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Kosovo and Romania?
- 0.2%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kosovo and Romania?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2025.
- How do Kosovo and Romania rank globally for current account balance?
- Kosovo ranks 166th and Romania ranks 164th 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.