Luxembourg vs Sweden: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 6.1% against 5.2% in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 36th and Sweden ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.5% | 3.9% | 3.6% | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 7.3% | 6.3% | 1.0% | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 3.9% | 2.4% | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 5.8% | 0.1% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Luxembourg or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 6.1% against 5.2% in Luxembourg as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Luxembourg and Sweden?
- 0.9%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Sweden?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2025.
- How do Luxembourg and Sweden rank globally for current account balance?
- Luxembourg ranks 36th and Sweden ranks 33rd 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.