United States: Current account (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1790–2025 · 235 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP
- 2025
- −3.63%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +0.1 pointsfrom −3.71%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −2.91%10 years
- Record high and low
- 6.03% (1811)low −6.79% (1816)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.56 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -3.55 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -3.62 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -3.57 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -3.63 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -3.75 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -3.63 | |
| 2024 | -3.71 | |
| 2023 | -3.27 | |
| 2022 | -3.89 | |
| 2021 | -3.67 | |
| 2020 | -2.82 | |
| 2019 | -2.05 | |
| 2018 | -2.13 | |
| 2017 | -1.87 | |
| 2016 | -2.11 |
Sources
- Mitchell1790–1950
- Jones & Obstfeld1869–1945
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1960–2025
- WDI (archive)1970–1997
- IMF International Financial Statistics1970–2025
- World Development Indicators1970–2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
- 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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