Ireland vs Switzerland: Current account balance

Ireland
105.99 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Switzerland
72.88 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Ireland rank
6th
Switzerland rank
9th

Current account balance over time

  • Ireland
  • Switzerland
-100.0B-50.0B050.0B100.0B197720012025

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 105.99 billion BoP, current US$ against 72.88 billion BoP, current US$ in Switzerland, a difference of 33.11 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.5 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Switzerland ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 6th and Switzerland ranks 9th of 199 countries.

Individual pages

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.