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Italy: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2025 · 165 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
1.15%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 1.20%
Average, 2016–2025
1.70%10 years
Record high and low
4.71% (1905)low −16.6% (1917)

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
20312.17Forecast
20302.02Forecast
20291.83Forecast
20281.46Forecast
20271.13Forecast
20261.41Forecast
20251.15
20241.20
2023-0.0142
2022-1.75
20212.10
20203.76
20193.16
20182.50
20172.43
20162.46

Sources

  • Jones & Obstfeld1861–1945
  • Mitchell1861–1948
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Development Indicators1970–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1971–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–1998
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1995–2025
  • 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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