Austria Current Account Balance: % of GDP

1970 - 2025 | Quarterly | % | CEIC Data

Key information about Austria Current Account Balance: % of GDP

  • Austria Current Account surplus accounted for 2.0 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2025, compared with a 0.8 % surplus in the previous quarter.
  • Austria Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1970 to Dec 2025, with an average value of -1.6 %.
  • The data reached an all-time high of 8.9 % in Mar 2008 and a record low of -8.8 % in Dec 1977.

CEIC calculates Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Current Account Balance and quarterly Nominal GDP. Oesterreichische Nationalbank provides Current Account Balance in EUR and Nominal GDP in EUR. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to Q1 1995 is calculated from Current Account Balance and Nominal GDP, both sourced from the International Monetary Fund.


Key information about Austria Current Account Balance: % of GDP

  • In the latest reports of Austria, Current Account recorded a deficit of 2.3 USD bn in Jun 2025.
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell by 12.1 USD bn in Dec 2025.
  • Austria Direct Investment Abroad fell by 10.1 USD bn in Dec 2025.
  • Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 962.3 USD mn in Dec 2025.
  • The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 143.9 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Austria's Current Account Balance: % of GDP from Mar 1970 to Dec 2025 in the chart:

Austria Current Account Balance: % of GDP

What was Austria's Current Account Balance: % of GDP in Dec 2025?

Austria Current Account surplus accounted for 2.0 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2025, compared with a 0.8 % surplus in the previous quarter. See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
2.0 Dec 2025 0.8 Sep 2025 -8.8 Dec 1977 8.9 Mar 2008 % quarterly Mar 1970 - Dec 2025

Current Account Balance: % of GDP by Country Comparison

country/region Last
Albania (%) -3.6 Dec 2025
Algeria (%) -3.7 Dec 2024
Argentina (%) 1.4 Dec 2025
Armenia (%) -6.7 Dec 2025
Australia (%) -2.9 Dec 2025
Austria (%) 2.0 Dec 2025
Azerbaijan (%) 2.4 Dec 2025
Bahrain (%) 3.9 Jun 2025
Bangladesh (%) 0.0 2025
Belarus (%) -1.8 Dec 2025
Belgium (%) -2.3 Dec 2025
Bolivia (%) -3.3 Dec 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina (%) -3.1 Dec 2025
Botswana (%) 2.8 Dec 2025
Brazil (%) -3.3 Mar 2026
Brunei (%) 14.8 Dec 2025
Bulgaria (%) -11.4 Dec 2025
Cambodia (%) -15.5 Dec 2025
Canada (%) -0.1 Dec 2025
Chile (%) 1.9 Mar 2026
China (%) 3.8 Mar 2026
Colombia (%) -3.1 Dec 2025
Croatia (%) -9.5 Dec 2025
Cyprus (%) -8.8 Dec 2025
Czech Republic (%) 0.6 Dec 2025
Denmark (%) 9.9 Mar 2026
Ecuador (%) 5.7 Dec 2025
Egypt (%) -2.5 Jun 2025
Estonia (%) 0.5 Jun 2025
European Union (%) 2.1 Dec 2025
Finland (%) 2.3 Dec 2025
France (%) -1.7 Mar 2026
Georgia (%) -4.6 Dec 2025
Germany (%) 4.4 Mar 2026
Ghana (%) 13.9 Dec 2025
Greece (%) -11.0 Dec 2025
Hong Kong SAR, China (%) 10.6 Dec 2025
Hungary (%) 0.5 Dec 2025
Iceland (%) -3.0 Dec 2025
India (%) -1.3 Dec 2025
Indonesia (%) 1.1 Sep 2025
Iran (%) 2.2 2025
Ireland (%) 8.4 Dec 2025
Israel (%) 2.8 Dec 2025
Italy (%) 0.8 Dec 2025
Ivory Coast (%) -4.1 2024
Japan (USD mn) 29,402.7 Sep 2025
Jordan (%) -2.6 Dec 2025
Kazakhstan (%) -5.8 Dec 2025
Kenya (%) -2.2 Sep 2025
South Korea (USD mn) 37,327.1 Mar 2026
Kosovo (%) -12.7 Dec 2025
Kuwait (%) 22.3 Sep 2025
Kyrgyzstan (%) -18.3 Sep 2025
Laos (%) 3.2 2024
Latvia (%) -3.1 Sep 2025
Lebanon (%) -14.5 2024
Lithuania (%) 2.6 Dec 2025
Luxembourg (%) -0.2 Dec 2025
Macau SAR, China (%) 33.7 2024
North Macedonia (%) -5.6 Dec 2025
Malawi (%) -17.0 2023
Malaysia (%) 3.0 Mar 2026
Malta (%) 8.9 Dec 2025
Mauritius (%) -10.0 Dec 2025
Mexico (%) 1.6 Dec 2025
Moldova (%) -14.0 Sep 2025
Mongolia (%) 6.4 Mar 2026
Montenegro (%) -35.8 Dec 2025
Morocco (%) -3.0 Dec 2025
Mozambique (%) -11.2 2024
Nepal (%) 6.7 2025
Netherlands (%) 11.3 Dec 2025
New Zealand (%) -4.1 Dec 2025
Nigeria (%) 1.6 Dec 2025
Norway (%) 10.9 Dec 2025
Oman (%) 2.9 2024
Pakistan (%) 0.5 2025
Palestinian Territory (%) -22.0 Jun 2025
Panama (%) 0.4 Dec 2025
Paraguay (%) -4.7 Dec 2025
Peru (%) 5.4 Dec 2025
Philippines (%) -4.0 Jun 2025
Poland (%) -0.0 Dec 2025
Portugal (%) 0.5 Dec 2025
Qatar (%) 9.3 Dec 2025
Romania (%) -7.3 Dec 2025
Russia (%) 1.2 Dec 2025
Saudi Arabia (%) -2.6 Dec 2025
Serbia (%) -6.2 Dec 2025
Singapore (%) 19.2 Dec 2025
Slovakia (%) -3.4 Dec 2025
Slovenia (%) 2.3 Mar 2026
South Africa (%) 0.6 Dec 2025
Spain (%) 2.3 Dec 2025
Sri Lanka (%) -0.5 Dec 2025
Sudan (%) -8.5 2021
Sweden (%) 4.5 Dec 2025
Switzerland (%) 3.2 Dec 2025

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Austria Key Series

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Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -4.2 Dec 2025
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) -4,398.968 Dec 2025
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 49,209.857 Dec 2025
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 31.5 Dec 2025
National Government Debt (USD mn) 490,656.9 Dec 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 81.5 Dec 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (EUR bn) 342.326 2031
Forecast: Government Net Debt (EUR bn) 536.008 2031
Forecast: Government Revenue (EUR bn) 319.723 2031
General Govt Debt: Maastricht Definition (EUR mn) 418,078.500 Dec 2025
OeNB Forecast: Government Balance: % of GDP (%) -3.600 2027
Govt Revenue (EUR mn) 73,970.941 Dec 2025
Govt Expenditure (EUR mn) 77,751.422 Dec 2025
Govt Revenue: Production & Imports Taxes (EUR mn) 19,001.412 Dec 2025
Govt Revenue: Current Taxes on Income & Wealth (EUR mn) 23,284.952 Dec 2025
Net Lending/Borrowing (EUR mn) -3,780.481 Dec 2025
Govt Revenue: Production & Imports Taxes: ow VAT Type (EUR mn) 10,416.804 Dec 2025
Govt Revenue: Social Contributions Receivable: ow Actual (EUR mn) 21,967.125 Dec 2025
Govt Revenue: CT: Capital Taxes (EUR mn) 4.674 Dec 2025
Federal Govt Debt (EUR mn) 313,361.000 Apr 2026
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Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 2.684 2031
Trade Balance (USD mn) 404.4 Feb 2026
Total Exports (USD mn) 19,113.3 Feb 2026
Total Exports Growth (%) 2.0 Feb 2026
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 2,249,777.714 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 7,082,393.332 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 14,486,621.329 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 18,708.9 Feb 2026
Total Imports Growth (%) -1.9 Feb 2026
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 4,915,709.945 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 7,801,536.068 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 1,166.374 Feb 2026
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 692.673 Feb 2026
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 467.035 Feb 2026
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 1,813.679 Feb 2026
Exports: ow Germany (EUR mn) 4,682.072 Feb 2026
Exports: ow USA (EUR mn) 986.446 Feb 2026
Exports: ow Switzerland (EUR mn) 846.602 Feb 2026
Exports: ow France (EUR mn) 643.157 Feb 2026
Exports: ow Italy (EUR mn) 1,095.547 Feb 2026
Imports: ow Switzerland (EUR mn) 935.547 Feb 2026
Imports: ow Italy (EUR mn) 1,051.987 Feb 2026
Imports: ow Germany (EUR mn) 4,839.301 Feb 2026
Imports: ow China (EUR mn) 1,533.896 Feb 2026
Imports: ow Czech Republic (EUR mn) 742.785 Feb 2026
Imports: ow USA (EUR mn) 585.820 Feb 2026
Exports (EUR mn) 16,164.848 Feb 2026
Imports (EUR mn) 15,822.850 Feb 2026
Import Value Index (2015=100) 144.200 2023
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Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) -10,145.4 Dec 2025
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -2,343.9 Jun 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 2.0 Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) -12,149.1 Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) -1.0 Jun 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) -962.297 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) -0.6 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 1,326.5 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) -2,288.801 Dec 2025
External Debt (USD mn) 904,337.4 Dec 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 154.5 2024
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 265,289.9 Dec 2025
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 45.4 2024
Total Debt: % of GDP (%) 517.5 Dec 2025
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) 18.365 2031
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) 157,912.575 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: incl SPEs: Liabilities (EUR mn) -10,441.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: incl SPEs (EUR mn) 1,722.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: PI: Assets (EUR mn) 4,769.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: excl SPEs: Abroad (EUR mn) -290.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment (PI) (EUR mn) 5,596.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: excl SPEs (EUR mn) -10,701.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: OI: Liabilities (EUR mn) -14,964.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Other Investment (OI) (EUR mn) -4,120.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: PI: Liabilities (EUR mn) -827.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: OI: Assets (EUR mn) -19,084.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Financial Derivatives (EUR mn) 341.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Reserve Assets (EUR mn) 480.000 Dec 2025
BoP: Financial Account (FA) (EUR mn) 4,019.000 Dec 2025
BoP: Capital Account: Debit (EUR mn) 836.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: incl SPEs: Assets (EUR mn) -8,719.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: excl SPEs: in Austria (EUR mn) -10,411.000 Dec 2025
BoP: Errors & Omissions (EUR mn) 1,274.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): Capital Account (EUR mn) 77.000 Dec 2025
BoP: Capital Account: Credit (EUR mn) 912.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: PI: Liabilities: Equity Securities & Mutual Fund Shares (EUR mn) 1,140.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: PI: Liabilities: Long Term Debt Securities (EUR mn) -2,894.000 Dec 2025
BoP: FA: PI: Liabilities: Money Market Instruments (EUR mn) 927.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): Current Account (CA) (EUR mn) 2,668.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Credit (EUR mn) 86,923.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Debit (EUR mn) 84,255.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Goods (EUR mn) 1,070.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Goods: Credit (EUR mn) 48,801.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Goods: Debit (EUR mn) 47,731.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Services (EUR mn) 2,095.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Services: Credit (EUR mn) 24,512.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Services: Debit (EUR mn) 22,417.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Primary Income (EUR mn) 716.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Primary Income: Credit (EUR mn) 11,609.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Secondary Income (EUR mn) -1,212.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Secondary Income: Credit (EUR mn) 2,000.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Secondary Income: Debit (EUR mn) 3,213.000 Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Primary Income: Debit (EUR mn) 10,893.000 Dec 2025
Net External Debt (EUR mn) -87,036.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt (EUR mn) 770,567.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: General Government (GG) (EUR mn) 254,259.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: GG: Short Term (ST) (EUR mn) 17,543.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: GG: Long Term (LT) (EUR mn) 236,716.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: MA: Short Term (ST) (EUR mn) 115,807.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: MFI: Short Term (ST) (EUR mn) 72,807.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: OS: nonMFI: Short Term (ST) (EUR mn) 1,788.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: OS: NFC: Short Term (ST) (EUR mn) 18,103.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: OS: HH: Short Term (ST) (EUR mn) 0.000 Dec 2025
OeNB Forecast: Current Account: % of GDP (%) 2.300 2026
Direct Investment Abroad (DIA): Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: Total (EUR mn) -1,092.000 2025
DIA: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Agriculture & Mining (EUR mn) 335.000 2025
DIA: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Food Products, Beverages &... (EUR mn) 109.000 2025
DIA: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Electricity, Water Supply,... (EUR mn) 158.000 2025
DIA: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Trade (EUR mn) 257.000 2025
DIA: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Financial Intermediation (... (EUR mn) -6,749.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: Total (EUR mn) -6,692.000 2025
FDI: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Food Products, Beverages &... (EUR mn) -497.000 2025
FDI: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Computers, Electronic & Op... (EUR mn) 1,042.000 2025
FDI: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Trade (EUR mn) -472.000 2025
FDI: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Financial Intermediation (... (EUR mn) -1,600.000 2025
FDI: Flows: Net: excl SPEs & Real Estate: NACE Rev.2: Professional, Scientific &... (EUR mn) -4,860.000 2025
AT: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn) -1,213.676 2024
AT: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net (USD mn) -26,949.911 2024
AT: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn) 9,677.952 2024
AT: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received (USD mn) 3,482.501 2024
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Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 3.0 Jun 2025
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 42.2 Dec 2025
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 31,220.736 Sep 2025
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 362,606.219 Mar 2026
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 521,160.702 Mar 2026
M2 Growth (%) 2.5 Mar 2026
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 1.0 Apr 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 5,127.9 Apr 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 0.799 Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 0.3 Feb 2026
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 41,792.773 Apr 2026
Total Deposits (USD mn) 591,167.106 Mar 2026
Total Deposits Growth (%) 5.1 Mar 2026
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 0.0 May 2025
Domestic Credit Growth (%) -100.0 May 2025
Credit to Households (USD bn) 250.358 Sep 2025
Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn) 752.472 Sep 2025
Household Debt (USD mn) 253,701.8 Dec 2025
Total Loans (USD mn) 551,176.610 Mar 2026
Total Loans Growth (%) 2.85 Mar 2026
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 85.57 Dec 2025
Monetary Agg: Euro Area: Austrian Contribution (AC): M3 (EUR mn) 459,837.000 Mar 2026
Monetary Agg: Euro Area: AC: M3: M2: M1 (EUR mn) 314,817.000 Mar 2026
Monetary Agg: Euro Area: AC: M3: M2 (EUR mn) 452,475.000 Mar 2026
Official Reserve Assets: Foreign Currency Reserves (FC) (EUR mn) 4,372.000 Apr 2026
Official Reserve Assets (EUR mn) 47,940.000 Apr 2026
Official Reserve Assets: Gold incl Gold Deposits & Gold Swapped (EUR mn) 35,632.000 Apr 2026
MFIs Loans: Euro Area: Nonfinancial Corporations (EUR mn) 243,383.000 Mar 2026
MFIs Loans: Euro Area Households: Housing Purposes (EUR mn) 138,248.000 Mar 2026
MFIs Loans: Euro Area Households: Consumer (EUR mn) 18,774.000 Mar 2026
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Business Confidence Growth (% Point) 2.0 Apr 2026
Business Climate Index (BCI): Seasonally Adjusted (sa) (%) -5.761 Apr 2026
BCI: sa: Sectoral: Manufacturing (Mfg) (%) -9.707 Apr 2026
BCI: sa: Sectoral: Construction (%) 2.993 Apr 2026
BCI: sa: Sectoral: Services (%) -4.784 Apr 2026
Confidence Indicator: Industrial: sa (%) -13.000 Apr 2026
Confidence Indicator: Retail Trade: sa (%) -6.000 Apr 2026
Confidence Indicator: Services: sa (%) 1.000 Apr 2026
Confidence Indicator: Consumer: sa (%) -2.000 Jan 2019
Economic Sentiment Indicator: sa (%) 106.500 Jan 2019

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