China — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1982–2031 · 50 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 China was 3.77% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 2.47% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +1.3 percentage points.
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- Annual data, 1982–2031
- Quarterly data, 1998–2026
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Latest observations
2022–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.84 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 2.88 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 2.91 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 2.98 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 3.27 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2022
| 2026 | 3.48 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 3.77 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 2.47 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 1.39 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 2.2 % of GDP |