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United Kingdom: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1772–2025 · 254 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−2.43%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.4 pointsfrom −2.84%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.83%10 years
Record high and low
9.37% (1913)low −12.0% (1940)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%18001850190019502000United KingdomUnited Kingdom
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.22Forecast
2030-2.17Forecast
2029-2.56Forecast
2028-2.87Forecast
2027-3.14Forecast
2026-2.57Forecast
2025-2.43
2024-2.84
2023-1.96
2022-2.10
2021-0.437
2020-2.93
2019-2.69
2018-3.93
2017-3.49
2016-5.45

Sources

  • Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1772–2016
  • Jones & Obstfeld1850–1945
  • Mitchell1860–1948
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Feinstein1900–1964
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1955–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Development Indicators1970–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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