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United Kingdom — Current account (USD)

millions of USD · Annual · 1948–2031 · 84 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 reports the amount in millions of US dollars.

The latest current account reading for the United Kingdom was −125.42B USD in 2025. The previous reading was −109.04B USD in 2024; the period change was −16.38B USD. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −2.45% in 2025.

-200.00B-150.00B-100.00B-50.00B050.00B1948201520202031USDSubscribe to view

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  • Annual data, 1948–2031
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Latest observations

2015–2031

PeriodValue
2031-119.82B USD
2030-111.56B USD
2029-125.62B USD
2028-134.10B USD
2027-140.40B USD
12 earlier values, back to 2015
2026-144.17B USD
2025-125.42B USD
2024-109.04B USD
2023-122.35B USD
2022-65.77B USD
2021-24.05B USD
2020-79.78B USD
2019-76.56B USD
2018-112.62B USD
2017-93.75B USD
2016-147.87B USD
2015-144.83B USD
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.