Current account balance (World Bank) — all countries

Current account balance (World Bank) — OECD

Current account balance (World Bank) in the OECD in 2025 — -0.71%. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 0.33 pp.

2025 -0.71% −0.35 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 0.43%2017
Period minimum -1.74%2008

Trend over time

1979–2025 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — OECD, 1979–2025-2-10119791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: -0.38%1980: -0.95%1981: -0.76%1982: -0.62%1983: -0.67%1984: -1.08%1985: -1.34%1986: -1.2%1987: -1.28%1988: -0.98%1989: -1.16%1990: -1.05%1991: -0.82%1992: -1.17%1993: -0.93%1994: -0.97%1995: -0.5%1996: -0.08%1997: 0.06%1998: -0.17%1999: -0.68%2000: -1.18%2001: -1.14%2002: -1.13%2003: -1.08%2004: -0.97%2005: -1.4%2006: -1.55%2007: -1.41%2008: -1.74%2009: -0.51%2010: -0.41%2011: -0.63%2012: -0.41%2013: -0.04%2014: -0.02%2015: 0.04%2016: 0.32%2017: 0.43%2018: 0.3%2019: 0.34%2020: -0.11%2021: 0.18%2022: -1.06%2023: -0.47%2024: -0.36%2025: -0.71%
Change over the period: −0.33 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp
Current account balance (World Bank) — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.71 −0.35 pp
2024 -0.36 +0.11 pp
2023 -0.47 +0.59 pp
2022 -1.06 −1.24 pp
2021 0.18 +0.29 pp
2020 -0.11 −0.45 pp
2019 0.34 +0.04 pp
2018 0.3 −0.14 pp
2017 0.43 +0.12 pp
2016 0.32 +0.28 pp
2015 0.04 +0.06 pp
2014 -0.02 +0.01 pp
2013 -0.04 +0.38 pp
2012 -0.41 +0.22 pp
2011 -0.63 −0.23 pp
2010 -0.41 +0.1 pp
2009 -0.51 +1.23 pp
2008 -1.74 −0.33 pp
2007 -1.41 +0.14 pp
2006 -1.55 −0.16 pp
2005 -1.4 −0.43 pp
2004 -0.97 +0.12 pp
2003 -1.08 +0.04 pp
2002 -1.13 +0.01 pp
2001 -1.14 +0.04 pp
2000 -1.18 −0.5 pp
1999 -0.68 −0.51 pp
1998 -0.17 −0.24 pp
1997 0.06 +0.15 pp
1996 -0.08 +0.41 pp
1995 -0.5 +0.47 pp
1994 -0.97 −0.04 pp
1993 -0.93 +0.24 pp
1992 -1.17 −0.35 pp
1991 -0.82 +0.23 pp
1990 -1.05 +0.11 pp
1989 -1.16 −0.19 pp
1988 -0.98 +0.3 pp
1987 -1.28 −0.08 pp
1986 -1.2 +0.14 pp
1985 -1.34 −0.25 pp
1984 -1.08 −0.42 pp
1983 -0.67 −0.05 pp
1982 -0.62 +0.14 pp
1981 -0.76 +0.19 pp
1980 -0.95 −0.57 pp
1979 -0.38

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.