The US current-account deficit narrowed by $69.3 billion to $1.12 trillion in 2025. The deficit was 3.6% of the GDP, down from 4% in 2024. Exports of goods and services to, and income received from, foreign residents increased $276.2 billion to $5.15 trillion in 2025. Imports of goods and services from, and income paid to, foreign residents increased $206.9 billion to $6.26 trillion. source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
The United States recorded a Current Account deficit of 3.60 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Current Account to GDP in the United States averaged -2.74 percent of GDP from 1980 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 0.20 percent of GDP in 1981 and a record low of -6.00 percent of GDP in 2006. This page provides - United States Current Account to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Current Account to GDP - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on April of 2026.
The United States recorded a Current Account deficit of 3.60 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Current Account to GDP in the United States is expected to reach -3.70 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -3.70 percent of GDP in 2027 and -3.60 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.