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India: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-0.51percent · 2025+52.1% 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 India from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-0.511
2024-0.851
2023-0.913
2022-2.432
2021-1.055
20201.224
2019-1.05
2018-2.427
2017-1.439
2016-0.528
2015-1.068
2014-1.34
2013-2.646
2012-5.005
2011-3.429
2010-3.253
2009-1.951
2008-2.583
2007-0.664
2006-0.989
2005-1.254
20040.11
20031.444
20021.371
20010.29
2000-0.982
1999-0.704
1998-1.638
1997-0.713
1996-1.516
1995-1.544
1994-0.512
1993-0.672
1992-1.556
1991-1.589
1990-2.192
1989-2.301
1988-2.408
1987-1.853
1986-1.835
1985-1.781
1984-1.089
1983-0.887
1982-1.257
1981-1.395
1980-0.958
19790.033
19780.504
19771.744
19761.537
1975-0.15

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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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