"Figure 1: UK current account balance as percentage of nominal gross domestic product, 1997 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage of nominal gross domestic product" "","" "","Trade balance","Secondary income balance","Primary Income balance","Current account balance" "1997","0.4","-0.6","0.1","-0.1" "1998","-0.8","-0.9","1.0","-0.7" "1999","-1.6","-0.7","-0.3","-2.6" "2000","-1.8","-0.9","0.4","-2.4" "2001","-2.3","-0.6","0.7","-2.1" "2002","-2.8","-0.8","1.3","-2.2" "2003","-2.4","-0.8","1.3","-1.9" "2004","-2.6","-0.8","1.1","-2.4" "2005","-2.6","-0.9","1.4","-2.1" "2006","-2.4","-0.8","0.1","-3.1" "2007","-2.5","-0.9","-0.5","-3.8" "2008","-2.9","-0.8","-0.9","-4.6" "2009","-2.2","-1.0","-0.8","-3.9" "2010","-2.6","-1.2","0.1","-3.8" "2011","-1.5","-1.2","0.4","-2.4" "2012","-2.0","-1.2","-1.1","-4.2" "2013","-2.0","-1.4","-2.1","-5.5" "2014","-2.0","-1.3","-2.1","-5.3" "2015","-1.7","-1.2","-2.3","-5.2" "2016","-2.2","-1.1","-2.6","-5.9"