United States — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1790–2031 · 241 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 the United States, the current account reading was −3.63% of GDP in 2025, compared with −4.05% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.42 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of −2.94% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1790–2031
- Quarterly data, 1960–2027
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Latest observations
2000–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.56 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -3.55 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -3.62 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -3.57 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -3.63 % of GDP |
15 earlier values
| 2026 | -3.7 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -3.63 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -4.05 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -3.34 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -3.81 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -3.62 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -2.78 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -2.05 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -2.13 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -1.87 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -2.11 % of GDP |
| 2015 | -2.23 % of GDP |
| 2014 | -2.1 % of GDP |
| 2013 | -2.01 % of GDP |
| 2012 | -2.57 % of GDP |
Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.