Palau vs Timor-Leste: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Palau
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports -36.9% against -48.6% in Palau, a difference of 11.7%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Palau ranks 198th and Timor-Leste ranks 196th of 200 countries.
Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -16.1% | 206.1% | 222.3% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | -16.8% | 86.8% | 103.6% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | -45.1% | 20.8% | 65.9% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Palau or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at -36.9% against -48.6% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Palau and Timor-Leste?
- 11.7%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Timor-Leste?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2023.
- How do Palau and Timor-Leste rank globally for current account balance?
- Palau ranks 198th and Timor-Leste ranks 196th 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.