Current account balance in China
The current account balance of China was 3.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2010.
China, 2025
3.8%
Change from 2024
+1.3percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2025
-0.5%
Current account balance in China over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | China |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.7% |
| 2015 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.5% |
| 2012 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 1.8% |
| 2010 | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 4.7% |
| 2008 | 9.0% |
| 2007 | 9.8% |
| 2006 | 8.3% |
| 2005 | 5.7% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 2.6% |
| 2002 | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 1.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 2.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.6%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.