United Kingdom: Current account (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1772–2025 · 254 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP
- 2025
- −2.45%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +0.5 pointsfrom −2.95%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −2.92%10 years
- Record high and low
- 9.37% (1913)low −12.0% (1940)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -2.22 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -2.17 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -2.56 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -2.87 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -3.85 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -3.47 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -2.45 | |
| 2024 | -2.95 | |
| 2023 | -3.57 | |
| 2022 | -1.92 | |
| 2021 | -0.756 | |
| 2020 | -2.72 | |
| 2019 | -2.48 | |
| 2018 | -3.72 | |
| 2017 | -3.38 | |
| 2016 | -5.25 |
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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