Papua New Guinea vs Qatar: Current account balance

Papua New Guinea
15.5%
in 2024
Qatar
14.8%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
11th
Qatar rank
13th

Current account balance over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
-2002040197620002025

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 15.5% against 14.8% in Qatar, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Qatar ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 11th and Qatar ranks 13th of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Qatar Difference Ahead
2010s 5.9% 15.2% 9.4% Qatar
2020s 13.2% 14.8% 1.6% Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Papua New Guinea or Qatar?
Papua New Guinea, at 15.5% against 14.8% in Qatar as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Papua New Guinea and Qatar?
0.7%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Qatar?
14 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Qatar rank globally for current account balance?
Papua New Guinea ranks 11th and Qatar ranks 13th 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.