Mauritania vs Sudan: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Mauritania
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports -8.6% against -9.6% in Mauritania, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Sudan ahead.
Mauritania ranks 171st and Sudan ranks 169th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Sudan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -11.7% | -1.9% | 9.9% | Sudan |
| 1980s | -12.6% | -1.8% | 10.8% | Sudan |
| 1990s | -1.0% | -5.1% | 4.1% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | -14.8% | -12.3% | 2.5% | Sudan |
| 2020s | -10.2% | -12.6% | 2.4% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Mauritania or Sudan?
- Sudan, at -8.6% against -9.6% in Mauritania as of 2022.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Mauritania and Sudan?
- 1.0%, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sudan?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2022.
- How do Mauritania and Sudan rank globally for current account balance?
- Mauritania ranks 171st and Sudan ranks 169th 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.