Iran vs Thailand: Current account balance

Iran
12.48 billion BoP, current US$
in 2000
Thailand
15.94 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Iran rank
22nd
Thailand rank
20th

Current account balance over time

  • Iran
  • Thailand
-20.0B020.0B40.0B197520002025

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 15.94 billion BoP, current US$ against 12.48 billion BoP, current US$ in Iran, a difference of 3.46 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.3 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Iran ahead.

Globally, Iran ranks 22nd and Thailand ranks 20th 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.