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Argentina: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-1.14percent · 2025+61.5% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Argentina from 1976 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-1.14
20240.923
2023-3.442
2022-0.625
20211.362
20200.697
2019-0.78
2018-5.161
2017-4.84
2016-2.709
2015-2.963
2014-1.744
2013-2.377
2012-0.392
2011-1.007
2010-0.383
20092.179
20081.499
20072.104
20062.794
20052.654
20041.951
20036.38
20028.971
2001-1.407
2000-3.16
1999-4.212
1998-4.844
1997-4.145
1996-2.488
1995-1.983
1994-4.265
1993-3.466
1992-2.425
1991-0.341
19903.22
1989-1.703
1988-1.239
1987-3.892
1986-2.7
1985-1.08
1984-2.134
1983-2.343
1982-2.791
1981-5.989
1980-6.203
1979-0.741
19782.084
19771.983
19761.272

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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