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Netherlands: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 143 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
7.66%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.5 pointsfrom 10.1%
Average, 2016–2025
8.11%10 years
Record high and low
19.0% (1886)low −14.1% (1946)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20318.51Forecast
20308.60Forecast
20298.69Forecast
20288.70Forecast
20278.71Forecast
202610.4Forecast
20257.66
202410.1
20239.85
20226.62
202110.0
20205.58
20196.84
20188.99
20178.13
20167.31

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Mitchell1930–1948
  • World Development Indicators1967–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1967–2025
  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–1998
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators2023–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Netherlands 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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