Current account balance — all countries

Current account balance — Euro area

Current account balance in the Euro area in 2031 — 2.57%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 4.58 pp.

2031 2.57% +0.01 pp vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum 3.75%2016
Period minimum -2.01%1980

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Euro area, 1980–2031-4-202419801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -2.01%1981: -1.75%1982: -1.06%1983: -0.07%1984: 0.41%1985: 0.6%1986: 1.57%1987: 0.97%1988: 0.97%1989: 0.7%1990: -0.02%1991: -1.25%1992: -0.99%1993: 0.27%1994: 0.16%1995: 0.46%1996: 0.81%1997: 1.34%1998: 0.81%1999: 0.53%2000: -0.61%2001: -0.08%2002: 0.56%2003: 0.31%2004: 1.09%2005: 0.43%2006: 0.38%2007: 0.13%2008: -0.7%2009: 0.44%2010: 0.59%2011: 0.85%2012: 1.93%2013: 2.81%2014: 3.09%2015: 3.24%2016: 3.75%2017: 3.62%2018: 3.58%2019: 3.1%2020: 2.36%2021: 3.59%2022: 0.92%2023: 2.56%2024: 3.35%2025: 2.46%2026: 2.12%2027: 2.2%2028: 2.37%2029: 2.49%2030: 2.57%2031: 2.57%
Change over the period: +4.58 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 2.57%
World computed 0.28%
Current account balance — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 2.57 +0.01 pp
2030 2.57 +0.08 pp
2029 2.49 +0.12 pp
2028 2.37 +0.18 pp
2027 2.2 +0.08 pp
2026 2.12 −0.34 pp
2025 2.46 −0.89 pp
2024 3.35 +0.79 pp
2023 2.56 +1.64 pp
2022 0.92 −2.67 pp
2021 3.59 +1.23 pp
2020 2.36 −0.74 pp
2019 3.1 −0.48 pp
2018 3.58 −0.04 pp
2017 3.62 −0.13 pp
2016 3.75 +0.51 pp
2015 3.24 +0.14 pp
2014 3.09 +0.28 pp
2013 2.81 +0.88 pp
2012 1.93 +1.08 pp
2011 0.85 +0.26 pp
2010 0.59 +0.15 pp
2009 0.44 +1.14 pp
2008 -0.7 −0.83 pp
2007 0.13 −0.25 pp
2006 0.38 −0.05 pp
2005 0.43 −0.66 pp
2004 1.09 +0.79 pp
2003 0.31 −0.25 pp
2002 0.56 +0.64 pp
2001 -0.08 +0.53 pp
2000 -0.61 −1.15 pp
1999 0.53 −0.28 pp
1998 0.81 −0.53 pp
1997 1.34 +0.53 pp
1996 0.81 +0.36 pp
1995 0.46 +0.3 pp
1994 0.16 −0.11 pp
1993 0.27 +1.26 pp
1992 -0.99 +0.26 pp
1991 -1.25 −1.23 pp
1990 -0.02 −0.72 pp
1989 0.7 −0.27 pp
1988 0.97 −0 pp
1987 0.97 −0.6 pp
1986 1.57 +0.97 pp
1985 0.6 +0.18 pp
1984 0.41 +0.49 pp
1983 -0.07 +0.99 pp
1982 -1.06 +0.68 pp
1981 -1.75 +0.26 pp
1980 -2.01

About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP: trade in goods and services, primary income (interest, dividends, compensation of employees) and secondary income (transfers). A surplus means a country earns more abroad than it spends and is building up external assets; a persistent deficit has to be financed by an inflow of capital.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.