Canada — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1870–2030 · 161 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.

In Canada, the current account reading was −0.96% of GDP in 2025, compared with −0.87% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.09 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −1.51% of GDP.

-20-10010201870200020102030% of GDPSubscribe to view

Get the full series

  • Annual data, 1870–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1961–2026
  • All 8 sources, downloadable

Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
2030-0.25 % of GDP
2029-0.88 % of GDP
2028-1.03 % of GDP
2027-1.15 % of GDP
2026-0.96 % of GDP
15 earlier values
2025-0.96 % of GDP
2024-0.87 % of GDP
2023-0.73 % of GDP
2022-0.37 % of GDP
20210.01 % of GDP
2020-2.02 % of GDP
2019-1.95 % of GDP
2018-2.38 % of GDP
2017-2.8 % of GDP
2016-3.09 % of GDP
2015-3.5 % of GDP
2014-2.32 % of GDP
2013-3.14 % of GDP
2012-3.53 % of GDP
2011-2.71 % of GDP

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.