United Kingdom — Current account

millions of LCU · Annual · 1772–2030 · 259 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.

In the United Kingdom, the current account reading was −76.81B LCU in 2025, compared with −80.17B LCU in 2024. The period change was +3.36B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −2.62% in 2025.

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  • Annual data, 1772–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1955–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
2030-77.07B LCU
2029-79.77B LCU
2028-79.63B LCU
2027-81.52B LCU
2026-77.76B LCU
15 earlier values
2025-76.81B LCU
2024-80.17B LCU
2023-53.34B LCU
2022-53.09B LCU
2021-9.99B LCU
2020-61.72B LCU
2019-60.05B LCU
2018-84.52B LCU
2017-72.75B LCU
2016-108.50B LCU
2015-94.82B LCU
2014-93.53B LCU
2013-82.73B LCU
2012-53.91B LCU
2011-27.10B LCU

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

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.