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Canada: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 156 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−0.949%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom −0.869%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.51%10 years
Record high and low
12.2% (1945)low −18.2% (1912)

Current account (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.0225Forecast
2030-0.157Forecast
2029-0.302Forecast
2028-0.404Forecast
2027-0.349Forecast
2026-0.961Forecast
2025-0.949
2024-0.869
2023-0.726
2022-0.367
20210.0148
2020-2.02
2019-1.95
2018-2.38
2017-2.80
2016-3.09

Sources

  • Jones & Obstfeld1870–1945
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Mitchell1900–1950
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1961–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1961–2025
  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1981–2025
  • 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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