Spain vs Thailand: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Spain
- Thailand
How they compare
Spain currently reports 2.9% against 2.8% in Thailand, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Spain ahead.
Spain ranks 55th and Thailand ranks 58th of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 4 and Thailand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -1.6% | -4.9% | 3.3% | Spain |
| 1980s | -0.9% | -3.9% | 3.0% | Spain |
| 1990s | -1.8% | -2.8% | 1.0% | Spain |
| 2000s | -6.0% | 3.1% | 9.1% | Thailand |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 4.5% | 3.5% | Thailand |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Spain or Thailand?
- Spain, at 2.9% against 2.8% in Thailand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Spain and Thailand?
- 0.1%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Thailand?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2025.
- How do Spain and Thailand rank globally for current account balance?
- Spain ranks 55th and Thailand ranks 58th 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.