BoP: current account balance as per cent of GDP

Name: BoP: current account balance as per cent of GDP
Creator: UK Balance of Payments team
Published: 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: UK Balance of Payments – The Pink Book time series (PB)

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UK Balance of Payments team

Release date:
31 October 2025
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Period	Value
1948	0.8
1949	0.4
1950	2.8
1951	-2.2
1952	1.6
1953	1.3
1954	1.0
1955	-0.5
1956	1.3
1957	1.3
1958	1.7
1959	0.8
1960	-0.7
1961	0.3
1962	0.7
1963	0.6
1964	-1.0
1965	-0.1
1966	0.4
1967	-0.7
1968	-0.6
1969	0.9
1970	1.4
1971	1.7
1972	0.1
1973	-1.4
1974	-3.6
1975	-1.5
1976	-0.7
1977	-0.2
1978	0.4
1979	-0.4
1980	0.7
1981	1.7
1982	0.7
1983	0.4
1984	-0.3
1985	-0.1
1986	-0.7
1987	-1.3
1988	-3.3
1989	-3.8
1990	-2.8
1991	-1.1
1992	-1.3
1993	-1.0
1994	-0.2
1995	-0.4
1996	-0.3
1997	-0.2
1998	-0.3
1999	-2.1
2000	-1.9
2001	-1.8
2002	-2.0
2003	-1.8
2004	-2.3
2005	-2.0
2006	-3.1
2007	-3.7
2008	-3.8
2009	-3.1
2010	-2.8
2011	-1.6
2012	-3.1
2013	-4.5
2014	-4.8
2015	-4.8
2016	-5.2
2017	-3.4
2018	-3.7
2019	-2.5
2020	-2.7
2021	-0.8
2022	-1.9
2023	-3.6
2024	-2.2

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