Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Current account balance

Canada
-22.01 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
-32.74 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Canada rank
193rd
Saudi Arabia rank
194th

Current account balance over time

  • Canada
  • Saudi Arabia
-50.0B050.0B100.0B150.0B196019922025

How they compare

Canada currently reports -22.01 billion BoP, current US$ against -32.74 billion BoP, current US$ in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 10.73 billion BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Globally, Canada ranks 193rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 194th 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.