Japan — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1875–2030 · 155 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 Japan, the current account reading stood at 4.17% of GDP in 2025. Against 4.5% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −0.33 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of 3.6% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1875–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1968–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20303.46 % of GDP
20293.52 % of GDP
20283.53 % of GDP
20273.62 % of GDP
20263.95 % of GDP
15 earlier values
20254.17 % of GDP
20244.5 % of GDP
20233.81 % of GDP
20221.87 % of GDP
20213.84 % of GDP
20202.93 % of GDP
20193.37 % of GDP
20183.51 % of GDP
20174.16 % of GDP
20163.85 % of GDP
20153.08 % of GDP
20140.79 % of GDP
20130.88 % of GDP
20121 % of GDP
20112.06 % 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.