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Germany: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1860–2025 · 146 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
4.51%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.4 pointsfrom 5.86%
Average, 2016–2025
6.72%10 years
Record high and low
8.95% (2016)low −3.55% (1927)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20313.84Forecast
20303.84Forecast
20293.84Forecast
20283.84Forecast
20273.76Forecast
20263.60Forecast
20254.51
20245.86
20235.54
20224.12
20216.98
20206.31
20198.14
20188.62
20178.17
20168.95

Sources

  • Jones & Obstfeld1860–1938
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1872–2020
  • Mitchell1880–1935
  • OECD Economic Outlook1971–2025
  • World Development Indicators1971–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • WDI (archive)1991–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1991–1998
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1991–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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