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China: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1982–2025 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
3.77%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.6 pointsfrom 2.14%
Average, 2016–2025
1.76%10 years
Record high and low
9.95% (2007)low −2.94% (1985)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-4%-2%0%2%4%6%8%10%19902000201020202030ChinaChina
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20312.84Forecast
20302.88Forecast
20292.91Forecast
20282.98Forecast
20273.27Forecast
20263.17Forecast
20253.77
20242.14
20231.41
20222.47
20211.98
20201.68
20190.714
20180.187
20171.54
20161.68

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1982–1997
  • National Bureau of Statistics of China1982–2023
  • OECD Economic Outlook1982–2025
  • World Development Indicators1982–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1992–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1998–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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China documentation (PDF)

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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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