Netherlands vs Norway: Current account balance

Netherlands
110.92 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Norway
74.13 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Netherlands rank
5th
Norway rank
8th

Current account balance over time

  • Netherlands
  • Norway
050.0B100.0B150.0B196719962025

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 110.92 billion BoP, current US$ against 74.13 billion BoP, current US$ in Norway, a difference of 36.79 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.5 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Netherlands ranks 5th and Norway ranks 8th 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.