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Canada: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-0.96percent · 2025+72.7% 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 Canada from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-0.961
2024-0.488
2023-0.694
2022-0.442
2021-0.022
2020-2.01
2019-1.952
2018-2.385
2017-2.803
2016-3.093
2015-3.514
2014-2.319
2013-3.147
2012-3.532
2011-2.774
2010-3.596
2009-2.966
20080.205
20070.752
20061.364
20051.87
20042.263
20031.165
20021.645
20012.132
20002.483
19990.125
1998-1.42
1997-1.372
19960.385
1995-0.835
1994-2.398
1993-3.86
1992-3.654
1991-3.734
1990-3.399
1989-3.917
1988-3.001
1987-3.166
1986-2.995
1985-1.595
1984-0.385
1983-0.738
19820.571
1981-4.079
1980-2.216
1979-3.438
1978-3.733
1977-3.298
1976-3.685
1975-4.699
1974-2.84
1973-1.561
1972-2.119
1971-1.043
19700.56
1969-2.45
1968-1.361
1967-1.942
1966-2.577
1965-3.034
1964-0.917
1963-1.864
1962-2.552
1961-2.695
1960-2.927

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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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