Current account balance in Canada
The current account balance of Canada was -1.0% of GDP in 2025.
Canada, 2025
-1.0%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.6%
Current account balance in Canada over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Canada |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | -2.0% |
| 2019 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | -3.1% |
| 2015 | -3.5% |
| 2014 | -2.3% |
| 2013 | -3.1% |
| 2012 | -3.5% |
| 2011 | -2.8% |
| 2010 | -3.6% |
| 2009 | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.4% |
| 2005 | 1.9% |
| 2004 | 2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.6% |
| 2001 | 2.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from -0.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -3.5%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.