Brazil

BrazilCurrent account

BR desk: Brazil first; United States, China, Mexico, euro area, United Kingdom and Argentina alongside.

-2.93%

+0.06 pp

As of 2025 | % of GDP

Latest
-2.93% 2025
Previous year
-2.99% 2024
Min
-6.01% 1982
Max
1.86% 1992
YearValue
2025-2.93%
2024-2.99%
2023-1.23%
2022-2.15%
2021-2.36%
2020-1.64%
2019-3.41%
2018-2.81%
2017-1.22%
2016-1.70%
2015-3.52%
2014-4.50%
2013-3.57%
2012-3.76%
2011-3.19%
2010-3.93%
2009-1.76%
2008-2.10%
2007-0.20%
20060.97%
20051.31%
20041.34%
20030.39%
2002-1.85%
#CountryCurrent accountChangeYear
49China3.77%+1.30 pp2025
89Mexico-0.45%+0.46 pp2025
98Argentina-1.11%−2.00 pp2025
110United Kingdom-2.43%+0.53 pp2025118Brazil-2.93%+0.06 pp2025131United States-3.63%+0.42 pp2025

What the current account is

The current-account balance as a share of GDP (BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS) is exports minus imports of goods and services, plus net primary income and current transfers, divided by GDP. A surplus means the economy is a net lender to the rest of the world. Latest: -2.93% in 2025.

A large surplus or deficit is not automatically good or bad; it depends on saving, investment and the exchange rate. From 1975 to 2025 (51 years): latest -2.93% (2025), previous year -2.99% (2024); low -6.01% (1982), high 1.86% (1992).

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).