Current account balance
What the country earns from the world minus what it pays out — trade, services, income and remittances together. India usually runs a small deficit: a large goods gap, mostly closed by software services and money sent home.
Latest
-0.42
Published by
World Bank / IMF
Current account balance over time
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| Period | Current account balance |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | -0.9% |
| 2023 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.2% |
| 2019 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | -1.1% |
| 2014 | -1.3% |
| 2013 | -2.6% |
| 2012 | -5.0% |
| 2011 | -3.4% |
| 2010 | -3.3% |
| 2009 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | -0.7% |
| 2006 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.3% |
| 2000 | -1.0% |
| 1999 | -0.7% |
| 1998 | -1.6% |
| 1997 | -0.7% |
| 1996 | -1.5% |
| 1995 | -1.5% |
| 1994 | -0.5% |
| 1993 | -0.7% |
| 1992 | -1.6% |
| 1991 | -1.6% |
| 1990 | -2.2% |
| 1989 | -2.3% |
| 1988 | -2.4% |
| 1987 | -1.9% |
| 1986 | -1.8% |
| 1985 | -1.8% |
| 1984 | -1.1% |
| 1983 | -0.9% |
| 1982 | -1.3% |
| 1981 | -1.4% |
| 1980 | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 1.7% |
| 1976 | 1.5% |
| 1975 | -0.1% |
Compared with
Source
World Bank / IMF — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS