UAE — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1980–2030 · 51 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.

The latest current account reading for the United Arab Emirates was 13.2% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 14.5% of GDP in 2024; the period change was −1.3 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2020–2030

PeriodValue
203010.9 % of GDP
202910.9 % of GDP
202811 % of GDP
202711.5 % of GDP
202612.3 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2020
202513.2 % of GDP
202414.5 % of GDP
202313.1 % of GDP
202213 % of GDP
202112.6 % of GDP
20205.91 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.