Malaysia vs Portugal: Current account balance

Malaysia
7.15 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Portugal
6.51 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Malaysia rank
29th
Portugal rank
30th

Current account balance over time

  • Malaysia
  • Portugal
-40.0B-20.0B020.0B40.0B197419992024

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 7.15 billion BoP, current US$ against 6.51 billion BoP, current US$ in Portugal, a difference of 641.06 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 29th and Portugal ranks 30th 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.