Japan: Current account (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1875–2025 · 150 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP
- 2025
- 4.86%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +0.4 pointsfrom 4.50%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 3.67%10 years
- Record high and low
- 11.0% (1917)low −10.7% (1905)
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Recent values
Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 4.05 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 4.09 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 3.92 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 3.93 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 3.86 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 3.95 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 4.86 | |
| 2024 | 4.50 | |
| 2023 | 3.81 | |
| 2022 | 1.87 | |
| 2021 | 3.84 | |
| 2020 | 2.93 | |
| 2019 | 3.37 | |
| 2018 | 3.51 | |
| 2017 | 4.16 | |
| 2016 | 3.85 |
Sources
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1875–2020
- Jones & Obstfeld1885–1944
- Mitchell1885–1949
- OECD Economic Outlook1968–2025
- WDI (archive)1977–1997
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- IMF International Financial Statistics1996–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1996–2025
- World Development Indicators1996–2025
- 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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