United Kingdom — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1772–2031 · 260 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.
For the United Kingdom, the current account reading stood at −2.45% of GDP in 2025. Against −2.95% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.51 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of −2.92% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1772–2031
- Quarterly data, 1955–2027
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Latest observations
2000–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -2.22 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -2.17 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -2.56 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -2.87 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -3.14 % of GDP |
15 earlier values
| 2026 | -3.38 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -2.45 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -2.95 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -3.57 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -1.92 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -0.76 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -2.72 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -2.48 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -3.72 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -3.38 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -5.25 % of GDP |
| 2015 | -4.78 % of GDP |
| 2014 | -4.82 % of GDP |
| 2013 | -4.51 % of GDP |
| 2012 | -3.12 % of GDP |
Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.