Mauritania vs Mozambique: Current account balance

Mauritania
-9.6%
in 2024
Mozambique
-11.0%
in 2024
Mauritania rank
171st
Mozambique rank
173rd

Current account balance over time

  • Mauritania
  • Mozambique
-40-30-20-100197519992024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports -9.6% against -11.0% in Mozambique, a difference of 1.4%.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 171st and Mozambique ranks 173rd of 200 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Mozambique Difference Ahead
2010s -14.8% -30.4% 15.6% Mauritania
2020s -9.8% -20.3% 10.4% Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Mauritania or Mozambique?
Mauritania, at -9.6% against -11.0% in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Mauritania and Mozambique?
1.4%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Mozambique?
13 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Mozambique rank globally for current account balance?
Mauritania ranks 171st and Mozambique ranks 173rd 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.