Afghanistan — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1979–2025 · 35 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 −40.2% of GDP in 2025. Against −39.6% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −0.58 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of −21% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1979–2025
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -40.2 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -39.6 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -20.3 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -18.5 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -0.06 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | -15.7 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -20.2 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -21.6 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -19 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -15 % of GDP |