Portugal — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1870–2030 · 161 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 1.09% of GDP in 2025, compared with 2.3% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −1.21 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 0.5% of GDP.

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  • Quarterly data, 1975–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20301.13 % of GDP
20291.45 % of GDP
20281.33 % of GDP
20270.24 % of GDP
20260.86 % of GDP
15 earlier values
20251.09 % of GDP
20242.3 % of GDP
20230.5 % of GDP
2022-1.94 % 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
2011-6.1 % 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.