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United States — Current account (USD)

millions of USD · Annual · 1950–2031 · 82 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 reports the amount in millions of US dollars.

The current account reading for the United States was −1.18T USD in 2025. The previous reading was −1.20T USD in 2024; the period change was +21.56B USD. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −3.63% in 2025.

-1.50T-1.00T-500.00B0500.00B1950201520202031USDSubscribe to view

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Latest observations

2015–2031

PeriodValue
2031-1.39T USD
2030-1.34T USD
2029-1.32T USD
2028-1.25T USD
2027-1.23T USD
12 earlier values, back to 2015
2026-1.20T USD
2025-1.18T USD
2024-1.20T USD
2023-931.39B USD
2022-972.36B USD
2021-855.20B USD
2020-589.62B USD
2019-404.30B USD
2018-419.44B USD
2017-348.86B USD
2016-380.01B USD
2015-390.78B USD
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.