Rwanda vs Vanuatu: Current account balance

Rwanda
-12.0%
in 2024
Vanuatu
-11.1%
in 2022
Rwanda rank
175th
Vanuatu rank
174th

Current account balance over time

  • Rwanda
  • Vanuatu
-20-10010198220032024

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports -11.1% against -12.0% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Rwanda ranks 175th and Vanuatu ranks 174th of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda Vanuatu Difference Ahead
2010s -10.2% -4.2% 6.0% Vanuatu
2020s -10.5% -7.9% 2.6% Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Rwanda or Vanuatu?
Vanuatu, at -11.1% against -12.0% in Rwanda as of 2022.
What is the difference in current account balance between Rwanda and Vanuatu?
0.9%, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Vanuatu?
13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2022.
How do Rwanda and Vanuatu rank globally for current account balance?
Rwanda ranks 175th and Vanuatu ranks 174th 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.