China — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1982–2030 · 49 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 2.92% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 2.14% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +0.78 percentage points.

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  • Annual data, 1982–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1998–2026
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Latest observations

2021–2030

PeriodValue
20302.06 % of GDP
20292.21 % of GDP
20282.35 % of GDP
20272.55 % of GDP
20263.17 % of GDP
5 earlier values, back to 2021
20252.92 % of GDP
20242.14 % of GDP
20231.41 % of GDP
20222.47 % of GDP
20211.98 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.