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Netherlands — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1870–2031 · 149 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 Netherlands, the current account reading stood at 7.85% of GDP in 2025. Against 9.15% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −1.3 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 8% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1870–2031
  • Quarterly data, 1967–2027
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Latest observations

2002–2031

PeriodValue
20318.51 % of GDP
20308.6 % of GDP
20298.69 % of GDP
20288.7 % of GDP
20277.56 % of GDP
15 earlier values
20267.85 % of GDP
20257.85 % of GDP
20249.15 % of GDP
20239.42 % of GDP
20226.78 % of GDP
202110.3 % of GDP
20205.69 % of GDP
20196.8 % of GDP
20188.85 % of GDP
20178.05 % of GDP
20167.18 % of GDP
20154.81 % of GDP
20148.56 % of GDP
20137.9 % of GDP
20127.49 % of GDP

Values before 2012, back to 2002, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.