Mexico vs Uruguay: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Mexico
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports -0.4% against -0.4% in Mexico, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 88th and Uruguay ranks 87th of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -4.0% | -5.0% | 1.0% | Mexico |
| 1980s | -1.0% | -1.9% | 0.9% | Mexico |
| 1990s | -3.2% | -0.9% | 2.2% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | -1.1% | -1.2% | 0.1% | Mexico |
| 2010s | -1.6% | -1.3% | 0.3% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -1.8% | 1.6% | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Mexico or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at -0.4% against -0.4% in Mexico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Mexico and Uruguay?
- 0.0%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Uruguay?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2025.
- How do Mexico and Uruguay rank globally for current account balance?
- Mexico ranks 88th and Uruguay ranks 87th 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.