Laos vs South Sudan: Current account balance

Laos
531.37 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
South Sudan
577.90 million BoP, current US$
in 2023
Laos rank
59th
South Sudan rank
57th

Current account balance over time

  • Laos
  • South Sudan
-2.0B-1.0B01.0B198420042024

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 577.90 million BoP, current US$ against 531.37 million BoP, current US$ in Laos, a difference of 46.53 million BoP, current US$.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2014 it was South Sudan ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 59th and South Sudan ranks 57th 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.