Australia: Current account (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1861–2025 · 165 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP
- 2025
- −2.68%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- −1.0 pointsfrom −1.70%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −0.59%10 years
- Record high and low
- 10.5% (1944)low −17.3% (1921)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -2.41 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -2.37 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -2.32 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -2.32 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -2.24 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -2.34 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -2.68 | |
| 2024 | -1.70 | |
| 2023 | 0.241 | |
| 2022 | 0.821 | |
| 2021 | 2.92 | |
| 2020 | 2.28 | |
| 2019 | 0.353 | |
| 2018 | -2.25 | |
| 2017 | -2.60 | |
| 2016 | -3.29 |
Sources
- Jones & Obstfeld1861–1945
- Mitchell1861–1950
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
- Foster1950–1997
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1960–2025
- WDI (archive)1970–1997
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- IMF International Financial Statistics1989–2025
- World Development Indicators1989–2025
- 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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