Canada - Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Canada was -1.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.48 in 2000, while its lowest value was -4.72 in 1975.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -2.93
1961 -2.70
1962 -2.56
1963 -1.87
1964 -0.92
1965 -3.04
1966 -2.58
1967 -1.95
1968 -1.37
1969 -2.46
1970 0.56
1971 -1.05
1972 -2.13
1973 -1.57
1974 -2.85
1975 -4.72
1976 -3.70
1977 -3.31
1978 -3.75
1979 -3.45
1980 -2.22
1981 -4.09
1982 0.57
1983 -0.74
1984 -0.39
1985 -1.60
1986 -3.01
1987 -3.18
1988 -3.01
1989 -3.93
1990 -3.41
1991 -3.75
1992 -3.67
1993 -3.87
1994 -2.41
1995 -0.84
1996 0.39
1997 -1.37
1998 -1.42
1999 0.12
2000 2.48
2001 2.13
2002 1.65
2003 1.16
2004 2.26
2005 1.87
2006 1.36
2007 0.75
2008 0.20
2009 -2.97
2010 -3.60
2011 -2.77
2012 -3.53
2013 -3.15
2014 -2.32
2015 -3.51
2016 -3.09
2017 -2.80
2018 -2.39
2019 -2.03
2020 -1.78

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments