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Denmark: Current account balance (% of GDP)

12.60percent · 2025+56.8% 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 Denmark from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202512.598
202411.46
20239.684
202211.153
20218.607
20207.312
20197.512
20186.321
20177.432
20167.154
20158.033
20148.337
20137.384
20126.041
20116.339
20106.397
20093.67
20082.933
20071.512
20063.339
20054.151
20042.358
20033.188
20021.935
20012.94
20001.379
19991.713
1998-1.135
19970.532
19961.648
19951.003
19942.044
19933.376
19922.745
19911.425
19900.992
1989-0.995
1988-1.16
1987-2.749
1986-5.117
1985-4.431
1984-2.919
1983-2.29
1982-3.76
1981-3.051
1980-3.374
1979-4.342
1978-2.49
1977-3.465
1976-4.301
1975-1.212

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

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