Congo vs Libya: Current account balance

Congo
1.72 billion BoP, current US$
in 2021
Libya
1.86 billion BoP, current US$
in 2023
Congo rank
46th
Libya rank
44th

Current account balance over time

  • Congo
  • Libya
-20.0B020.0B40.0B197720002023

How they compare

Libya currently reports 1.86 billion BoP, current US$ against 1.72 billion BoP, current US$ in Congo, a difference of 148.69 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Libya ahead.

Globally, Congo ranks 46th and Libya ranks 44th 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.