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Switzerland: Current account (% of GDP)

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

2025
6.98%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 7.31%
Average, 2016–2025
5.97%10 years
Record high and low
13.0% (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
20277.13Forecast
20267.41Forecast
20256.98
20247.31
20236.51
20229.39
20216.75
20200.492
20194.11
20185.60
20175.31
20167.28

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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