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Denmark: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1874–2025 · 146 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
12.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 13.1%
Average, 2016–2025
9.09%10 years
Record high and low
13.1% (2024)low −6.03% (1946)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203111.2Forecast
203011.2Forecast
202911.2Forecast
202811.3Forecast
202711.5Forecast
202613.0Forecast
202512.3
202413.1
20239.84
202211.7
20218.68
20207.23
20197.45
20186.31
20177.32
20167.09

Sources

  • Jones & Obstfeld1874–1945
  • Mitchell1874–1948
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1874–2020
  • WDI (archive)1975–1997
  • World Development Indicators1975–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators2005–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Denmark 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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