Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — BRICS

Current account balance (World Bank) in BRICS in 2025 — 2.29%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 5.5 pp.

2025 2.29% +0.59 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 4.99%2006
Period minimum -3.21%1981

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — BRICS, 1981–2025-5-2.502.5519811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: -3.21%1982: -1.66%1983: -1.11%1984: -0.45%1985: -1.47%1986: -1.99%1987: -0.47%1988: -0.61%1989: -0.72%1990: 0%1991: -0.35%1992: 0.05%1993: -1.16%1994: 0.69%1995: -0.74%1996: -0.53%1997: -0.12%1998: -0.36%1999: 0.93%2000: 1.81%2001: 1.11%2002: 2.18%2003: 2.52%2004: 2.96%2005: 3.92%2006: 4.99%2007: 4.94%2008: 4.39%2009: 2.34%2010: 1.28%2011: 0.51%2012: 0.35%2013: -0.04%2014: 0.59%2015: 1.37%2016: 0.82%2017: 0.65%2018: -0.1%2019: 0.1%2020: 1.22%2021: 1.39%2022: 1.94%2023: 1.1%2024: 1.7%2025: 2.29%
Change over the period: +5.5 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp
Current account balance (World Bank) — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.29 +0.59 pp
2024 1.7 +0.6 pp
2023 1.1 −0.84 pp
2022 1.94 +0.54 pp
2021 1.39 +0.17 pp
2020 1.22 +1.13 pp
2019 0.1 +0.2 pp
2018 -0.1 −0.76 pp
2017 0.65 −0.16 pp
2016 0.82 −0.55 pp
2015 1.37 +0.77 pp
2014 0.59 +0.63 pp
2013 -0.04 −0.39 pp
2012 0.35 −0.16 pp
2011 0.51 −0.77 pp
2010 1.28 −1.06 pp
2009 2.34 −2.05 pp
2008 4.39 −0.54 pp
2007 4.94 −0.06 pp
2006 4.99 +1.07 pp
2005 3.92 +0.96 pp
2004 2.96 +0.44 pp
2003 2.52 +0.35 pp
2002 2.18 +1.07 pp
2001 1.11 −0.71 pp
2000 1.81 +0.89 pp
1999 0.93 +1.29 pp
1998 -0.36 −0.24 pp
1997 -0.12 +0.41 pp
1996 -0.53 +0.21 pp
1995 -0.74 −1.43 pp
1994 0.69 +1.85 pp
1993 -1.16 −1.21 pp
1992 0.05 +0.39 pp
1991 -0.35 −0.35 pp
1990 0 +0.72 pp
1989 -0.72 −0.11 pp
1988 -0.61 −0.14 pp
1987 -0.47 +1.51 pp
1986 -1.99 −0.51 pp
1985 -1.47 −1.02 pp
1984 -0.45 +0.66 pp
1983 -1.11 +0.55 pp
1982 -1.66 +1.55 pp
1981 -3.21

About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.