Canada — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1870–2031 · 162 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 −0.94% of GDP in 2025, compared with −0.48% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.46 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −1.48% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1870–2031
- Quarterly data, 1961–2027
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Latest observations
2000–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -0.02 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -0.16 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -0.3 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -0.4 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -0.35 % of GDP |
15 earlier values
| 2026 | -0.22 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -0.94 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -0.48 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -0.69 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -0.46 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -0.02 % 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 |
Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.