Thailand vs Vietnam: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Thailand
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 30.18 billion BoP, current US$ against 15.94 billion BoP, current US$ in Thailand, a difference of 14.23 billion BoP, current US$.
That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.9 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Vietnam ahead.
Globally, Thailand ranks 20th and Vietnam ranks 17th 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.