Madagascar vs Mali: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Madagascar
- Mali
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports -4.3% against -4.3% in Mali, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 138th and Mali ranks 141st of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Mali in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -3.9% | -6.1% | 2.1% | Madagascar |
| 1980s | -5.5% | -8.1% | 2.7% | Madagascar |
| 1990s | -6.0% | -6.2% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | -9.6% | -5.8% | 3.7% | Mali |
| 2010s | -3.4% | -4.9% | 1.6% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | -4.5% | -5.1% | 0.6% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Madagascar or Mali?
- Madagascar, at -4.3% against -4.3% in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Madagascar and Mali?
- 0.0%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mali?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Mali rank globally for current account balance?
- Madagascar ranks 138th and Mali ranks 141st 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.