Palau vs Suriname: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Palau
- Suriname
How they compare
Palau currently reports -48.6% against -54.9% in Suriname, a difference of 6.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Suriname ahead.
Palau ranks 198th and Suriname ranks 199th of 200 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -17.2% | 4.7% | 21.8% | Suriname |
| 2010s | -16.8% | -1.6% | 15.2% | Suriname |
| 2020s | -45.1% | 0.8% | 46.0% | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Palau or Suriname?
- Palau, at -48.6% against -54.9% in Suriname as of 2023.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Palau and Suriname?
- 6.3%, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Suriname?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Palau and Suriname rank globally for current account balance?
- Palau ranks 198th and Suriname ranks 199th 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.