Djibouti vs Laos: Current account balance

Djibouti
610.12 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Laos
531.37 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Djibouti rank
56th
Laos rank
59th

Current account balance over time

  • Djibouti
  • Laos
-2.0B-1.0B01.0B198420042024

How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 610.12 million BoP, current US$ against 531.37 million BoP, current US$ in Laos, a difference of 78.75 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Djibouti ahead.

Globally, Djibouti ranks 56th and Laos ranks 59th 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.