Current account balance in United Kingdom
The current account balance of United Kingdom was -3.1% of GDP in 2025.
United Kingdom, 2025
-3.1%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.6%
Current account balance in United Kingdom over time
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United Kingdom
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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 | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -3.1% |
| 2024 | -3.0% |
| 2023 | -3.6% |
| 2022 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | -2.9% |
| 2019 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | -3.9% |
| 2017 | -3.5% |
| 2016 | -5.5% |
| 2015 | -4.9% |
| 2014 | -5.0% |
| 2013 | -4.6% |
| 2012 | -3.1% |
| 2011 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | -2.8% |
| 2009 | -3.0% |
| 2008 | -3.9% |
| 2007 | -3.7% |
| 2006 | -3.1% |
| 2005 | -2.0% |
| 2004 | -2.3% |
| 2003 | -1.8% |
| 2002 | -2.0% |
| 2001 | -1.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from -3.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -4.9%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
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Current account balance, quarterly
-3.4%
Q3 2020 · Eurostat
Trade as a share of GDP
62.5%
2025 · World Bank
Exports share of GDP
30.6%
2025 · World Bank
Imports share of GDP
31.9%
2025 · World Bank
Foreign direct investment inflows
0.9%
2025 · World Bank
High-technology exports
29.2%
2024 · World Bank