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Iceland: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-3.88percent · 2025-161.6% 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 Iceland from 1976 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-3.883
2024-3.428
2023-1.386
2022-1.875
2021-2.573
20201.899
20197.364
20184.442
20174.93
20169.096
20156.302
20144.945
20136.82
2012-2.853
2011-4.48
2010-5.898
2009-8.868
2008-22.953
2007-13.633
2006-22.664
2005-15.549
2004-9.968
2003-4.815
20021.353
2001-4.464
2000-9.901
1999-6.903
1998-7.008
1997-2.235
1996-2.292
19950.246
19941.749
19930.573
1992-2.188
1991-3.764
1990-1.995
1989-1.737
1988-3.658
1987-3.296
19860.39
1985-3.72
1984-4.473
1983-1.963
1982-7.858
1981-4.08
1980-2.18
1979-0.637
19780.769
1977-2.118
1976-1.383

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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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