Current account balance in Austria
Austria: Current account balance was 1.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Current account balance in Austria, 2005–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, current account balance in Austria stood at 1.8%.
That represents a change of up 17.2% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current account balance in Austria peaked at 4.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, -0.8%, in 2022.
Austria ranks 62nd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Current account balance in Austria, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.0% | — |
| 2006 | 3.3% | +65.8% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | +17.9% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | -42.6% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -46.1% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | +32.0% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -31.4% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +61.9% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | -51.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -27.0% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | +162.5% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | +40.6% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -48.8% |
| 2022 | -0.8% | -148.2% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -258.8% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +16.6% |
| 2025 | 1.8% | +17.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.0% | 4.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 0.9% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | -0.8% | 3.4% | 6 |
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- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 8.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 40,307 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.92 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.5668 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 35,670 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 0.9807 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.4675 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current account balance in Austria?
- Current account balance in Austria was 1.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest current account balance recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2008.
- What is the lowest current account balance recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8% in 2022.
- How does Austria rank for current account balance?
- Austria ranks 62nd out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is current account balance rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Current account balance (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.