China Current Account (% of GDP)
China's overall balance with the rest of the world, trade in goods and services plus net investment income, as a share of GDP.
3.8%
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1982 to 2025
Source: World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.
China Current Account (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In China, the current account rose by 1.3pp in 2025, from 2.5% in 2024.
It is the highest reading since 2010.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 1.4% in 2023 to 3.8% in 2025.
Its average since 1982 is 2.1%, and the latest reading is above that.
China is 6th of 18 countries in our Current Account to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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