Economy
Current account / GDP
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sudan, El Salvador. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- 1.15%2025
- Period covered
- 1970 - 202556 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 9.14%Netherlands, 2024
- Lowest of the compared countries
- -8.6%Sudan, 2022
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Netherlands9.14%2024
South Sudan7.93%2023
China3.77%2025
Spain2.94%2025
Italy1.15%2025
El Salvador-3.54%2025
United States-3.63%2025
Sudan-8.6%2022
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sudan | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.15% | 2.94% | -3.63% | 3.77% | -3.54% | |||
| 2024 | 1.1% | 3.18% | 9.14% | -4.05% | 2.47% | -2.76% | ||
| 2023 | 0.25% | 2.73% | 9.41% | -3.34% | 1.41% | 7.93% | -1.74% | |
| 2022 | -1.83% | 0.38% | 6.82% | -3.81% | 2.21% | -11.22% | -8.6% | -6.73% |
| 2021 | 2.04% | 0.77% | 10.28% | -3.62% | 1.63% | -0.13% | -7.65% | -4.31% |
| 2020 | 3.94% | 0.82% | 5.72% | -2.78% | 1.49% | -35.05% | -21.61% | 1.11% |
| 2019 | 3.23% | 2.12% | 6.8% | -2.05% | 0.62% | -4.16% | -14.78% | -0.42% |
| 2018 | 2.57% | 1.86% | 8.84% | -2.13% | 0.17% | -9.04% | -14.47% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 2.48% | 2.83% | 8.05% | -1.87% | 1.5% | 8.31% | -11.17% | -1.86% |
| 2016 | 2.46% | 3.16% | 7.15% | -2.11% | 1.67% | -5.77% | -9.88% | -2.27% |
| 2015 | 1.23% | 2.04% | 4.85% | -2.23% | 2.6% | -4.17% | -10.56% | -3.22% |
| 2014 | 1.71% | 1.74% | 8.55% | -2.1% | 2.21% | -5.66% | -7.16% | -5.37% |
| 2013 | 1.04% | 2.08% | 7.9% | -2.01% | 1.52% | -13.53% | -6.9% | |
| 2012 | -0.22% | 0.13% | 7.5% | -2.57% | 2.48% | -16.63% | -5.8% | |
| 2011 | -2.74% | -2.59% | 7.02% | -2.92% | 1.77% | -4.82% | -5.48% | |
| 2010 | -3.24% | -3.58% | 6.41% | -2.87% | 3.84% | -2.93% | -2.89% | |
| 2009 | -1.77% | -3.94% | 3.35% | -2.62% | 4.69% | -9.54% | -1.77% | |
| 2008 | -2.69% | -8.82% | 4.07% | -4.72% | 9.01% | -5.54% | -8.52% | |
| 2007 | -1.36% | -9.37% | 5.86% | -5.09% | 9.8% | -6.05% | -7.15% | |
| 2006 | -1.45% | -8.79% | 7.75% | -5.91% | 8.31% | -14.35% | -4.78% | |
| 2005 | -0.9% | -7.21% | 6.04% | -5.75% | 5.71% | -7.03% | -4.23% | |
| 2004 | -0.5% | -5.42% | 6.7% | -5.2% | 3.47% | -3.07% | -4.68% | |
| 2003 | -0.77% | -3.81% | 5.13% | -4.56% | 2.56% | -4.4% | -5.3% | |
| 2002 | -0.49% | -3.63% | 2.32% | -4.17% | 2.38% | -5.37% | -3.2% | |
| 2001 | 0.15% | -4.33% | 2.27% | -3.72% | 1.28% | -3.32% | -1.22% | |
| 2000 | -0.27% | -4.26% | 1.74% | -3.92% | 1.68% | -4.22% | -3.65% | |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -3.22% | 3.5% | -2.98% | 1.91% | -4.04% | -2.12% | |
| 1998 | 1.58% | -1.17% | 2.97% | -2.37% | 3.03% | -8.5% | -0.83% | |
| 1997 | 2.59% | -0.14% | 6.01% | -1.64% | 3.82% | -7.09% | -0.96% | |
| 1996 | 3.04% | -0.35% | 4.76% | -1.54% | 0.83% | -9.17% | -1.76% | |
| 1995 | 2.13% | -0.32% | 5.69% | -1.49% | 0.22% | -3.61% | -2.93% | |
| 1994 | 1.2% | -1.21% | 4.55% | -1.67% | 1.22% | -4.7% | -0.23% | |
| 1993 | 0.72% | -1.11% | 3.73% | -1.24% | -2.6% | -2.28% | -1.22% | |
| 1992 | -2.21% | -3.42% | 1.88% | -0.79% | 1.49% | -7.2% | -1.87% | |
| 1991 | -1.95% | -3.43% | 2.28% | 0.05% | 3.45% | -2.16% | -3.19% | |
| 1990 | -1.39% | -3.36% | 2.54% | -1.32% | 3.32% | -1.11% | -3.15% | |
| 1989 | -1.38% | -2.64% | 3.88% | -1.76% | -1.24% | -0.7% | -4.45% | |
| 1988 | -0.8% | -1.01% | 2.72% | -2.32% | -1.22% | -2.49% | 0.62% | |
| 1987 | -0.32% | -0.08% | 1.71% | -3.31% | 0.11% | -1.9% | 3.43% | |
| 1986 | 0.38% | 1.56% | 2.15% | -3.21% | -2.33% | -0.21% | 3.1% | |
| 1985 | -0.9% | 1.54% | 2.95% | -2.87% | -3.68% | 1.9% | -0.75% | |
| 1984 | -0.73% | 1.03% | 4.43% | -2.45% | 0.78% | 0.35% | -1.47% | |
| 1983 | 0.15% | -1.76% | 3.31% | -1.22% | 1.83% | -2.6% | -0.79% | |
| 1982 | -1.73% | -2.32% | 3.17% | -0.35% | 2.76% | -2.8% | -3.53% | |
| 1981 | -2.4% | -2.65% | 2.33% | 0.15% | -6% | -7.29% | ||
| 1980 | -2.21% | -2.4% | -0.44% | 0.07% | -3.53% | 0.95% | ||
| 1979 | 1.5% | 0.35% | 0.19% | -0.01% | -3.05% | 0.93% | ||
| 1978 | 1.92% | 0.78% | -0.58% | -0.67% | -1.34% | -8.91% | ||
| 1977 | 0.91% | -1.86% | 1.11% | -0.73% | -1.18% | 1.27% | ||
| 1976 | -1.27% | -3.9% | 3.28% | 0.2% | 1.02% | |||
| 1975 | -0.29% | -3.39% | 2.38% | 1.06% | ||||
| 1974 | -4.14% | 3.48% | 0.11% | |||||
| 1973 | -1.62% | 4.48% | 0.53% | |||||
| 1972 | 1.36% | 3.83% | -0.41% | |||||
| 1971 | 1.29% | 1.17% | -0.08% | |||||
| 1970 | 0.72% | 0.51% | 0.24% | |||||
| 1969 | 2.23% | |||||||
| 1968 | 2.5% | |||||||
| 1967 | 2.24% |
World Bank definition
Current account balance (% of GDP)
Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
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