Brazil (2025)
-2.9
% of GDP
+0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Brazil Current Account Balance (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 -2.9 +0.1pp
2024 -3 -1.8pp
2023 -1.2 +0.9pp
2022 -2.1 +0.3pp
2021 -2.4 -0.8pp
2020 -1.6 +1.8pp
2019 -3.4 -0.6pp
2018 -2.8 -1.6pp
2017 -1.2 +0.5pp
2016 -1.7 +1.8pp
2015 -3.5 +1pp
2014 -4.5 -0.9pp
2013 -3.6 +0.2pp
2012 -3.8 -0.6pp
2011 -3.2 +0.7pp
2010 -3.9 -2.1pp
2009 -1.8 +0.3pp
2008 -2.1 -1.9pp
2007 -0.2 -1.2pp
2006 1 -0.3pp

About this Dataset

Brazil recorded -2.9 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.1pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from -6 in 1982 to 1.9 in 1992.

This page tracks the current account balance (trade in goods and services + primary income + transfers) as a share of GDP in Brazil from 1990 to present. The current account is the primary measure of external balance and currency sustainability.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the current account balance (trade in goods and services + primary income + transfers) as a share of GDP in Brazil from 1990 to present. The current account is the primary measure of external balance and currency sustainability. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 1.9 % of GDP in 1992 and reached its lowest recorded value of -6 in 1982. The latest reading of -2.9 in 2025 represents a change of +0.1pp.