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Current account balance as a share of GDP, UK

The UK's current account balance with the rest of the world – trade, income and transfers – as a percentage of GDP, each quarter since 1955, seasonally adjusted. A negative figure is a deficit.

Current account balance, % of GDP

−2.5%

Q2 2026

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:45 UTC
Current account balance, % of GDP
−10%−5%0%5%Q1 1955Q1 1967Q1 1979Q1 1991Q1 2003Q1 2015Q2 2026−2.5%

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

286 periods, newest first

PeriodCurrent account balance, % of GDP
Q2 2026−2.5%
Q1 2026−2.7%
Q4 2025−3.5%
Q3 2025−2.5%
Q2 2025−3.4%
Q1 2025−2.7%
Q4 2024−4.1%
Q3 2024−2.0%
Q2 2024−3.0%
Q1 2024−2.6%
Q4 2023−2.4%
Q3 2023−1.4%
Q2 2023−4.1%
Q1 2023−2.3%
Q4 20220.8%
Q3 2022−0.7%
Q2 2022−2.5%
Q1 2022−6.0%
Q4 2021−1.0%
Q3 2021−2.8%
Q2 20211.2%
Q1 2021−0.7%
Q4 2020−5.5%
Q3 2020−1.8%
Q2 2020−1.7%
Q1 2020−2.2%
Q4 20190.4%
Q3 2019−2.1%
Q2 2019−2.1%
Q1 2019−5.7%
Q4 2018−4.1%
Q3 2018−3.2%
Q2 2018−3.0%
Q1 2018−3.8%
Q4 2017−2.8%
Q3 2017−3.2%
Q2 2017−4.2%
Q1 2017−2.9%
Q4 2016−3.6%
Q3 2016−6.3%
Q2 2016−4.9%
Q1 2016−5.6%
Q4 2015−6.4%
Q3 2015−4.2%
Q2 2015−2.8%
Q1 2015−5.3%
Q4 2014−6.6%
Q3 2014−4.4%
Q2 2014−3.7%
Q1 2014−3.7%
Q4 2013−5.0%
Q3 2013−4.2%
Q2 2013−3.6%
Q1 2013−4.1%
Q4 2012−3.6%
Q3 2012−2.7%
Q2 2012−3.4%
Q1 2012−1.7%
Q4 2011−1.6%
Q3 2011−2.4%
Q2 2011−0.7%
Q1 2011−0.7%
Q4 2010−2.9%
Q3 2010−2.9%
Q2 2010−1.7%
Q1 2010−2.4%
Q4 2009−1.9%
Q3 2009−2.1%
Q2 2009−3.5%
Q1 2009−3.9%
Q4 2008−3.8%
Q3 2008−3.3%
Q2 2008−4.0%
Q1 2008−3.5%
Q4 2007−3.6%
Q3 2007−4.2%
Q2 2007−2.8%
Q1 2007−4.0%
Q4 2006−2.9%
Q3 2006−3.3%
Q2 2006−2.8%
Q1 2006−3.6%
Q4 2005−2.6%
Q3 2005−2.8%
Q2 2005−0.5%
Q1 2005−2.2%
Q4 2004−1.2%
Q3 2004−3.4%
Q2 2004−2.5%
Q1 2004−2.2%
Q4 2003−2.0%
Q3 2003−2.4%
Q2 2003−2.1%
Q1 2003−0.9%
Q4 2002−1.8%
Q3 2002−1.5%
Q2 2002−2.6%
Q1 2002−2.0%
Q4 2001−1.9%
Q3 2001−2.1%
Q2 2001−2.1%
Q1 2001−1.1%
Q4 2000−2.4%
Q3 2000−2.3%
Q2 2000−1.3%
Q1 2000−1.5%
Q4 1999−1.3%
Q3 1999−2.1%
Q2 1999−2.2%
Q1 1999−3.1%
Q4 19980.2%
Q3 19980.6%
Q2 1998−0.3%
Q1 1998−1.7%
Q4 1997−0.4%
Q3 1997−0.4%
Q2 19970.2%
Q1 1997−0.1%
Q4 1996−0.2%
Q3 1996−0.3%
Q2 1996−0.2%
Q1 1996−0.4%
Q4 1995−0.2%
Q3 1995−0.9%
Q2 1995−1.1%
Q1 19950.7%
Q4 19940.0%
Q3 19940.1%
Q2 1994−0.6%
Q1 1994−0.2%
Q4 1993−0.8%
Q3 1993−1.0%
Q2 1993−1.4%
Q1 1993−0.9%
Q4 1992−1.2%
Q3 1992−1.6%
Q2 1992−1.4%
Q1 1992−0.9%
Q4 1991−0.8%
Q3 1991−1.2%
Q2 1991−0.8%
Q1 1991−1.5%
Q4 1990−2.1%
Q3 1990−2.0%
Q2 1990−3.6%
Q1 1990−3.7%
Q4 1989−3.3%
Q3 1989−4.3%
Q2 1989−4.0%
Q1 1989−3.7%
Q4 1988−4.5%
Q3 1988−2.9%
Q2 1988−2.9%
Q1 1988−2.8%
Q4 1987−2.6%
Q3 1987−1.5%
Q2 1987−1.2%
Q1 19870.1%
Q4 1986−1.0%
Q3 1986−1.6%
Q2 1986−0.8%
Q1 19860.4%
Q4 19850.0%
Q3 19850.3%
Q2 19850.5%
Q1 1985−1.1%
Q4 19840.0%
Q3 1984−0.9%
Q2 1984−1.2%
Q1 19841.0%
Q4 1983−0.1%
Q3 19830.9%
Q2 1983−0.5%
Q1 19831.4%
Q4 19821.4%
Q3 19820.3%
Q2 1982−0.1%
Q1 19821.3%
Q4 19810.9%
Q3 1981−0.1%
Q2 19812.1%
Q1 19814.0%
Q4 19802.4%
Q3 19801.3%
Q2 1980−0.7%
Q1 1980−0.4%
Q4 1979−0.6%
Q3 19790.3%
Q2 1979−0.2%
Q1 1979−1.3%
Q4 19780.8%
Q3 19780.2%
Q2 19781.0%
Q1 1978−0.3%
Q4 19770.6%
Q3 19770.6%
Q2 1977−1.0%
Q1 1977−1.0%
Q4 1976−0.9%
Q3 1976−1.4%
Q2 1976−1.0%
Q1 19760.4%
Q4 1975−0.7%
Q3 1975−2.5%
Q2 1975−1.2%
Q1 1975−1.7%
Q4 1974−3.5%
Q3 1974−3.5%
Q2 1974−4.0%
Q1 1974−3.6%
Q4 1973−2.0%
Q3 1973−1.7%
Q2 1973−0.6%
Q1 1973−1.2%
Q4 1972−0.1%
Q3 1972−0.9%
Q2 19720.8%
Q1 19720.8%
Q4 19711.5%
Q3 19712.2%
Q2 19711.7%
Q1 19711.4%
Q4 19701.5%
Q3 19700.6%
Q2 19701.1%
Q1 19702.4%
Q4 19691.0%
Q3 19691.4%
Q2 19690.8%
Q1 19690.3%
Q4 1968−0.5%
Q3 1968−0.2%
Q2 1968−0.7%
Q1 1968−1.0%
Q4 1967−2.5%
Q3 1967−0.3%
Q2 1967−0.4%
Q1 19670.6%
Q4 19661.7%
Q3 19660.1%
Q2 19660.1%
Q1 1966−0.4%
Q4 1965−0.1%
Q3 1965−0.3%
Q2 1965−0.2%
Q1 19650.2%
Q4 1964−1.3%
Q3 1964−1.2%
Q2 1964−0.5%
Q1 1964−0.7%
Q4 19630.0%
Q3 19630.5%
Q2 19630.6%
Q1 19631.2%
Q4 19620.6%
Q3 19620.5%
Q2 19620.9%
Q1 19620.7%
Q4 19610.5%
Q3 19611.0%
Q2 1961−0.3%
Q1 19610.2%
Q4 1960−0.6%
Q3 1960−1.0%
Q2 1960−1.2%
Q1 1960−0.2%
Q4 19590.2%
Q3 19591.3%
Q2 19591.2%
Q1 19590.6%
Q4 19581.3%
Q3 19582.1%
Q2 19581.0%
Q1 19582.4%
Q4 19572.0%
Q3 19571.4%
Q2 19571.2%
Q1 19570.7%
Q4 19561.8%
Q3 19561.4%
Q2 19561.4%
Q1 19560.6%
Q4 1955−0.8%
Q3 1955−0.2%
Q2 1955−0.3%
Q1 1955−0.5%

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Publisher
Office for National Statistics
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https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/aa6h/pnbp
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Publisher release
2026-09-29T23:00:00.000Z; next release 22 December 2026
Series as published
BoP: current account balance as per cent of GDP (AA6H, dataset PNBP)
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Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:45 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 12:45 UTC; 286 of 286 figures matched the live source.

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PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2561 of 1 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures286 of 286 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers286 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure286 of 286 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassONS CSV download agrees286 of 286 figures match the CSV at https://www.ons.gov.uk/generator?format=csv&uri=/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/aa6h/pnbp
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PassAA6H in UKEA agrees286 of 286 figures match AA6H in the UKEA dataset at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/aa6h/ukea/data
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