Afghanistan — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1979–2023 · 25 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

For Afghanistan, the current account reading stood at −20.3% of GDP in 2023. Against −18.5% of GDP in 2022, the period change was −1.77 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of −16.8% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1979–2023
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Latest observations

2014–2023

PeriodValue
2023-20.3 % of GDP
2022-18.5 % of GDP
2021-0.06 % of GDP
2020-15.7 % of GDP
2019-20.2 % of GDP
5 earlier values, back to 2014
2018-21.6 % of GDP
2017-19 % of GDP
2016-15 % of GDP
2015-21.9 % of GDP
2014-15.8 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.