Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ethiopia: Current account balance

Democratic Republic of Congo
-3.94 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Ethiopia
-3.79 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
166th
Ethiopia rank
163rd

Current account balance over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Ethiopia
-8.0B-6.0B-4.0B-2.0B0197720012025

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports -3.79 billion BoP, current US$ against -3.94 billion BoP, current US$ in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 153.17 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 166th 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.