Current account balance, quarterly (Eurostat)
The balance of the current account with the rest of the world (trade in goods and services plus primary and secondary income) in each quarter, as a percentage of GDP, not seasonally adjusted.
35 countries have a value for Q2 2026, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | France | Spain | Portugal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 3.9% | -0.9% | 2.0% | -0.9% |
| Q1 2026 | 5.5% | -2.2% | 2.3% | -1.4% |
| Q4 2025 | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.6% | -0.1% |
| Q3 2025 | 3.8% | -0.5% | 4.0% | 4.0% |
| Q2 2025 | 3.7% | -1.6% | 3.8% | 0.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 5.8% | -2.5% | 2.6% | 0.3% |
| Q4 2024 | 4.9% | 2.6% | 2.7% | -0.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 5.1% | -0.4% | 3.7% | 5.1% |
| Q2 2024 | 5.7% | -1.5% | 3.4% | 1.9% |
| Q1 2024 | 7.6% | -2.1% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Q4 2023 | 6.5% | 2.6% | 2.3% | -1.6% |
| Q3 2023 | 5.5% | -1.6% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
| Q2 2023 | 3.8% | -1.5% | 2.6% | -0.1% |
| Q1 2023 | 6.0% | -3.5% | 3.0% | 0.2% |
| Q4 2022 | 4.6% | 0.4% | 1.5% | -1.9% |
| Q3 2022 | 2.7% | -2.7% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| Q2 2022 | 2.7% | -1.3% | 0.5% | -4.3% |
| Q1 2022 | 6.2% | -2.2% | -1.3% | -3.4% |
| Q4 2021 | 6.2% | 2.6% | 1.0% | -0.8% |
| Q3 2021 | 6.1% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| Q2 2021 | 7.1% | -0.9% | 0.6% | -3.1% |
| Q1 2021 | 8.1% | -1.2% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
| Q4 2020 | 7.5% | 0.7% | 2.4% | 0.8% |
| Q3 2020 | 6.3% | -2.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Q2 2020 | 4.2% | -4.3% | 0.4% | -3.6% |
| Q1 2020 | 6.8% | -2.5% | -0.3% | -1.5% |
| Q4 2019 | 8.1% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| Q3 2019 | 7.4% | 0.6% | 2.7% | 4.5% |
| Q2 2019 | 7.3% | -0.3% | 3.5% | -1.3% |
| Q1 2019 | 8.6% | -0.5% | -0.2% | -0.9% |
| Q4 2018 | 8.3% | 1.1% | 1.7% | -0.1% |
| Q3 2018 | 7.1% | 0.2% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Q2 2018 | 8.7% | -1.9% | 3.0% | -1.3% |
| Q1 2018 | 9.5% | -2.3% | 0.2% | -0.5% |
| Q4 2017 | 9.0% | 1.0% | 2.7% | 1.5% |
| Q3 2017 | 7.9% | 1.0% | 3.8% | 5.8% |
| Q2 2017 | 6.5% | -0.9% | 4.0% | -1.7% |
| Q1 2017 | 8.7% | -3.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 35 countries with a value for Q2 2026, the highest is Norway (19.1%) and the lowest Montenegro (-22.6%).
- Half of the countries are above -1.4% and half below.
- From Q1 2026 to Q2 2026 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 18.
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Before comparing
- Not seasonally adjusted, so compare the same quarter across years.
Source and dates
All countries in Q2 2026 Every value is for Q2 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Norway 19.1%
- 2 Ireland 13.0%
- 3 Denmark 12.2%
- 4 Switzerland 10.4%
- 5 Sweden 7.1%
- 6 Netherlands 5.4%
- 7 Germany 3.9%
- 8 Slovenia 3.9%
- 9 Malta 3.5%
- 10 Spain 2.0%
- 11 Finland 1.8%
- 12 Belgium 1.0%
- 13 Austria 0.2%
- 14 Italy -0.1%
- 15 Hungary -0.5%
- 16 France -0.9%
- 17 Portugal -0.9%
- 18 Albania -1.4%
- 19 Luxembourg -1.8%
- 20 Slovakia -2.2%
- 21 Estonia -2.6%
- 22 Poland -2.7%
- 23 Czechia -3.0%
- 24 Lithuania -4.7%
- 25 Bosnia and Herzegovina -5.2%
- 26 Serbia -5.5%
- 27 Greece -5.8%
- 28 North Macedonia -6.6%
- 29 Croatia -7.4%
- 30 Latvia -7.5%
- 31 Romania -8.0%
- 32 Bulgaria -8.2%
- 33 Iceland -9.3%
- 34 Cyprus -12.7%
- 35 Montenegro -22.6%
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Grey: no value for Q2 2026. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.