Afghanistan vs Ethiopia: Current account balance

Afghanistan
-3.14 billion BoP, current US$
in 2020
Ethiopia
-3.79 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
162nd
Ethiopia rank
163rd

Current account balance over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Ethiopia
-8.0B-6.0B-4.0B-2.0B0197720002024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports -3.14 billion BoP, current US$ against -3.79 billion BoP, current US$ in Ethiopia, a difference of 654.34 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Globally, Afghanistan ranks 162nd and Ethiopia ranks 163rd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Current account balance (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
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, 7,806 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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.