Current account balance in United States

The current account balance of United States was -3.8% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1970 to 2025 Source: World Bank
United States, 2025 -3.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: -4.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 0.6% Middle value of 38 countries

Current account balance in United States 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.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period United States
2025 -3.8%
2024 -4.1%
2023 -3.3%
2022 -3.7%
2021 -3.6%
2020 -2.8%
2019 -1.9%
2018 -2.0%
2017 -1.8%
2016 -2.0%
2015 -2.1%
2014 -2.0%
2013 -1.9%
2012 -2.4%
2011 -2.8%
2010 -2.7%
2009 -2.5%
2008 -4.6%
2007 -5.0%
2006 -5.8%
2005 -5.6%
2004 -5.1%
2003 -4.5%
2002 -4.1%
2001 -3.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from -4.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -2.1%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2025 for United States
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics