Current account balance in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Current account balance was 5.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Current account balance in Luxembourg, 1999–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, current account balance in Luxembourg stood at 5.2%.
That represents a change of down 27.3% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current account balance in Luxembourg peaked at 11.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2020.
That places Luxembourg 36th out of 200 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Current account balance in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.5% | — |
| 2000 | 11.8% | +56.6% |
| 2001 | 7.7% | -34.4% |
| 2002 | 7.1% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 7.2% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 6.9% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 6.2% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 5.8% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 5.6% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | +14.1% |
| 2016 | 7.4% | +31.9% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | +34.6% |
| 2019 | 8.6% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 4.9% | -43.4% |
| 2021 | 5.0% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 5.5% | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | +25.4% |
| 2024 | 7.2% | +5.0% |
| 2025 | 5.2% | -27.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.3% | 5.5% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 4.9% | 7.2% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Luxembourg
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.47 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 1.15 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 169,223 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth 6.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 15.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.0021 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 302.6 current LCU per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current account balance in Luxembourg?
- Current account balance in Luxembourg was 5.2% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest current account balance recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2020.
- How does Luxembourg rank for current account balance?
- Luxembourg ranks 36th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is current account balance rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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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About this data
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.