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United States: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

-1.18Tcurrent USD · 2025-201.2% 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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for United States from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-1,177,068,000,000
2024-1,198,628,000,000
2023-931,394,000,000
2022-972,359,000,000
2021-855,203,000,000
2020-589,622,000,000
2019-404,302,000,000
2018-419,443,000,000
2017-348,862,000,000
2016-380,011,000,000
2015-390,780,000,000
2014-350,741,000,000
2013-321,833,000,000
2012-395,311,000,000
2011-433,993,000,000
2010-413,095,000,000
2009-363,338,000,000
2008-676,558,000,000
2007-721,388,000,000
2006-803,196,000,000
2005-735,664,000,000
2004-622,931,000,000
2003-510,497,000,000
2002-445,003,000,000
2001-378,976,000,000
2000-387,465,000,000
1999-274,716,000,000
1998-215,037,000,000
1997-140,724,500,000
1996-124,727,100,000
1995-113,561,000,000
1994-121,642,400,000
1993-84,782,800,000
1992-51,605,050,000
19912,851,000,000
1990-78,952,000,000
1989-99,506,000,000
1988-121,258,000,000
1987-160,647,000,000
1986-147,174,000,000
1985-124,455,000,000
1984-99,008,000,000
1983-44,222,000,000
1982-11,607,000,000
19814,810,000,000
19802,127,000,000
1979-156,700,000
1978-15,747,000,000
1977-15,100,000,000
19763,840,000,000
197517,880,000,000
19741,700,000,000
19737,580,000,000
1972-5,260,000,000
1971-980,000,000
19702,620,000,000

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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