Nicaragua vs Sri Lanka: Current account balance

Nicaragua
817.62 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Sri Lanka
1.21 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Nicaragua rank
53rd
Sri Lanka rank
50th

Current account balance over time

  • Nicaragua
  • Sri Lanka
-4.0B-2.0B02.0B197519992024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.21 billion BoP, current US$ against 817.62 million BoP, current US$ in Nicaragua, a difference of 388.22 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.5 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Nicaragua ranks 53rd and Sri Lanka ranks 50th 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.