India (2025)
-0.4
% of GDP
+0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

India Current Account Balance (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 -0.4 +0.5pp
2024 -0.9 unchanged
2023 -0.9 +1.5pp
2022 -2.4 -1.3pp
2021 -1.1 -2.3pp
2020 1.2 +2.2pp
2019 -1 +1.4pp
2018 -2.4 -1pp
2017 -1.4 -0.9pp
2016 -0.5 +0.6pp
2015 -1.1 +0.2pp
2014 -1.3 +1.3pp
2013 -2.6 +2.4pp
2012 -5 -1.6pp
2011 -3.4 -0.1pp
2010 -3.3 -1.3pp
2009 -2 +0.6pp
2008 -2.6 -1.9pp
2007 -0.7 +0.3pp
2006 -1 +0.3pp

About this Dataset

India recorded -0.4 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.5pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from -5 in 2012 to 1.7 in 1977.

This page tracks the current account balance (trade in goods and services + primary income + transfers) as a share of GDP in India 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 India 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 1.7 % of GDP in 1977 and reached its lowest recorded value of -5 in 2012. The latest reading of -0.4 in 2025 represents a change of +0.5pp.