United States — Current account

millions of LCU · Annual · 1790–2030 · 240 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.

In the United States, the current account reading was −1.15T LCU in 2025, compared with −1.08T LCU in 2024. The period change was −71.42B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −3.79% in 2025.

-1.50T-1.00T-500.00B0500.00B1790200020102030LCUSubscribe to view

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  • Annual data, 1790–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1960–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
2030-1.28T LCU
2029-1.28T LCU
2028-1.23T LCU
2027-1.18T LCU
2026-1.19T LCU
15 earlier values
2025-1.15T LCU
2024-1.08T LCU
2023-905.38B LCU
2022-1.01T LCU
2021-867.98B LCU
2020-601.20B LCU
2019-441.75B LCU
2018-439.85B LCU
2017-367.61B LCU
2016-396.22B LCU
2015-408.45B LCU
2014-370.06B LCU
2013-339.52B LCU
2012-418.18B LCU
2011-455.30B LCU

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.