Spain vs Switzerland: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Spain
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 72.88 billion BoP, current US$ against 56.02 billion BoP, current US$ in Spain, a difference of 16.86 billion BoP, current US$.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Switzerland ahead.
Globally, Spain ranks 10th and Switzerland ranks 9th of 199 countries.
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About this data
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.