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Argentina: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1935–2025 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−0.938%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.8 pointsfrom 0.821%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.46%10 years
Record high and low
8.22% (2002)low −6.20% (1980)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%6%8%10%19401960198020002020ArgentinaArgentina
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.337Forecast
2030-0.388Forecast
2029-0.468Forecast
2028-0.607Forecast
20270.0369Forecast
2026-0.121Forecast
2025-0.938
20240.821
2023-3.00
2022-0.53
20211.25
20200.605
2019-0.528
2018-4.69
2017-4.85
2016-2.73

Sources

  • Mitchell1935–1950
  • WDI (archive)1976–1997
  • World Development Indicators1976–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1994–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2004–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators2006–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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