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Venezuela: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2018 · 49 observations · forecasts to 2027 · CA_GDP

2018
8.44%percent of GDP
Change on 2017
+0.9 pointsfrom 7.51%
Average, 2009–2018
1.12%10 years
Record high and low
22.1% (1974)low −14.6% (1978)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20274.78Forecast
20267.08Forecast
20252.57Forecast
20244.09Forecast
20235.83Forecast
20224.03Forecast
2021-0.945Forecast
2020-3.23Forecast
20195.88Forecast
20188.44
20177.51
2016-3.43
2015-12.8
20142.29
20131.78
20120.695
20115.16
20101.42
20090.13

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Development Indicators1970–2016
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2018
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2018–2027

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Venezuela 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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