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Portugal — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1870–2031 · 162 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.

In Portugal, the current account reading was 1.24% of GDP in 2025, compared with 2.24% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −1 percentage point. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 0.51% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1870–2031
  • Quarterly data, 1975–2027
  • Monthly data, 1996–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2031

PeriodValue
20310.54 % of GDP
20300.6 % of GDP
20290.67 % of GDP
20280.75 % of GDP
20270.24 % of GDP
15 earlier values
20260.07 % of GDP
20251.24 % of GDP
20242.24 % of GDP
20230.57 % of GDP
2022-2.02 % of GDP
2021-0.66 % of GDP
2020-0.69 % of GDP
20190.78 % of GDP
20180.75 % of GDP
20171.48 % of GDP
20161.42 % of GDP
20150.5 % of GDP
20140.34 % of GDP
20131.53 % of GDP
2012-1.49 % of GDP

Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.