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Spain: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 134 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
2.94%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 3.02%
Average, 2016–2025
2.05%10 years
Record high and low
3.73% (1960)low −9.35% (2007)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%1875190019251950197520002025SpainSpain
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20311.47Forecast
20301.55Forecast
20291.50Forecast
20281.68Forecast
20271.95Forecast
20262.54Forecast
20252.94
20243.02
20232.65
20220.35
20210.773
20200.789
20192.13
20181.88
20172.79
20163.15

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • WDI (archive)1975–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1975–2025
  • World Development Indicators1975–2025
  • 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

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Spain 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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