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Switzerland: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1921–2025 · 97 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
7.11%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.8 pointsfrom 8.92%
Average, 2016–2025
6.12%10 years
Record high and low
13.5% (2010)low −3.17% (1932)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20316.99Forecast
20307.41Forecast
20296.97Forecast
20287.38Forecast
20274.55Forecast
20264.23Forecast
20257.11
20248.92
20235.83
20228.95
20217.44
20200.553
20194.02
20186.00
20175.23
20167.11

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1921–2020
  • OECD Economic Outlook1972–2025
  • WDI (archive)1977–1996
  • World Development Indicators1977–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1985–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Switzerland 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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