Serbia vs Zambia: Current account balance

Serbia
-4.9%
in 2025
Zambia
-4.4%
in 2024
Serbia rank
145th
Zambia rank
143rd

Current account balance over time

  • Serbia
  • Zambia
-20-10010197820012025

How they compare

Zambia currently reports -4.4% against -4.9% in Serbia, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Zambia ahead.

Serbia ranks 145th and Zambia ranks 143rd of 200 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Serbia Zambia Difference Ahead
2000s -14.1% 0.5% 14.5% Zambia
2010s -6.0% 0.5% 6.5% Zambia
2020s -4.3% 4.0% 8.3% Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current account balance, Serbia or Zambia?
Zambia, at -4.4% against -4.9% in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in current account balance between Serbia and Zambia?
0.5%, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Zambia?
18 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2024.
How do Serbia and Zambia rank globally for current account balance?
Serbia ranks 145th and Zambia ranks 143rd 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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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.