Germany — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1860–2030 · 151 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 current account reading for Germany was 6.62% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 6.55% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +0.08 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 7.05% of GDP, the latest reading was below.

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  • Annual data, 1860–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1991–2026
  • Monthly data, 1971–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20304.22 % of GDP
20294.34 % of GDP
20284.54 % of GDP
20273.12 % of GDP
20266.55 % of GDP
15 earlier values
20256.62 % of GDP
20246.55 % of GDP
20235.88 % of GDP
20224.4 % of GDP
20217 % of GDP
20206.27 % of GDP
20198.12 % of GDP
20188.6 % of GDP
20178.14 % of GDP
20168.93 % of GDP
20158.19 % of GDP
20147.36 % of GDP
20136.81 % of GDP
20127.35 % of GDP
20116.35 % 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.