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United Kingdom - Current Account Balance -3.13

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 200 economies tracked

Latest value

-3.13 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 200 economies

Share of global total

1.6%

Growth since 1970

-2.07×

Ranking Race — Current Account Balance

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#22#43#64#85#106#12719601970198019902000201020202025#1#882024 overtook Bosnia and Herzegovina2025 overtook Guinea
United KingdomMacaoKuwaitAndorraBrunei

Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. United Kingdom climbed from #1 to #88 (overtook Bosnia and Herzegovina). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United Kingdom ↓

Key Events — United Kingdom

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1979
Thatcher reforms begin curated

Privatisation and deregulation reshape the British economy.

1988
Fell 28 places in global rank auto
1991
Climbed 29 places in global rank auto
1992
Black Wednesday curated

Pound forced out of the ERM after a failed defence of the exchange rate.

1999
Fell 23 places in global rank auto
2002
Fell 19 places in global rank auto
2008
Banking crisis curated

Northern Rock, RBS and Lloyds require state support.

2011
Climbed 15 places in global rank auto

Current Account Balance, 1970-2025

World Bank WDI · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19701985200020152025-5.46-2.77-0.082.61

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