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Portugal: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 156 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
1.15%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 2.30%
Average, 2016–2025
0.51%10 years
Record high and low
4.22% (1942)low −18.3% (1921)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20310.54Forecast
20300.603Forecast
20290.667Forecast
20280.751Forecast
20270.67Forecast
20260.858Forecast
20251.15
20242.30
20230.50
2022-1.94
2021-0.663
2020-0.689
20190.78
20180.752
20171.48
20161.42

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • WDI (archive)1975–1997
  • World Development Indicators1975–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–1998
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1996–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Portugal 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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