Germany vs Japan: Current account balance

Germany
227.59 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Japan
215.77 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Germany rank
2nd
Japan rank
3rd

Current account balance over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 227.59 billion BoP, current US$ against 215.77 billion BoP, current US$ in Japan, a difference of 11.82 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 3rd 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.