Namibia vs Rwanda: Current account balance

Namibia
-1.83 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Rwanda
-1.81 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Namibia rank
147th
Rwanda rank
145th

Current account balance over time

  • Namibia
  • Rwanda
-2.0B-1.0B01.0B199020072024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports -1.81 billion BoP, current US$ against -1.83 billion BoP, current US$ in Namibia, a difference of 22.12 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Namibia ranks 147th and Rwanda ranks 145th 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.