Guyana vs Libya: Current account balance

Guyana
2.35 billion BoP, current US$
in 2023
Libya
1.86 billion BoP, current US$
in 2023
Guyana rank
42nd
Libya rank
44th

Current account balance over time

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

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 2.35 billion BoP, current US$ against 1.86 billion BoP, current US$ in Libya, a difference of 487.45 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Guyana's figure about 1.3 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Libya ahead.

Globally, Guyana ranks 42nd 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.