Current account balance in Japan
The current account balance of Japan was 4.9% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Japan, 2025
4.9%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.6%
Current account balance in Japan 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 | Japan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 4.6% |
| 2023 | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 3.8% |
| 2020 | 2.9% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 4.0% |
| 2016 | 3.9% |
| 2015 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | 3.5% |
| 2004 | 3.7% |
| 2003 | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 2.6% |
| 2001 | 1.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 4.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.0%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.