Spain Current Account Balance: % of GDP

Key information about Spain Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Spain Current Account surplus accounted for 2.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2025, compared with a 3.6 % surplus in the previous quarter.
• Spain Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1980 to Dec 2025, with an average value of -4.0 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 4.6 % in Sep 2016 and a record low of -11.9 % in Mar 2008.

CEIC calculates Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Current Account Balance and quarterly Nominal GDP. Banco de España provides Current Account Balance in EUR. National Statistics Institute provides Nominal GDP in EUR based on ESA 2010. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to Q1 1995 is calculated from Current Account Balance sourced from the International Monetary Fund and Nominal GDP based on ESA 1995.


Key information about Spain Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Spain, Current Account recorded a surplus of 3.3 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 6.9 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Spain Direct Investment Abroad fell by 9.7 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 20.1 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 494.0 USD bn in Sep 2025.

View Spain's Current Account Balance: % of GDP from Mar 1980 to Dec 2025 in the chart:

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

Spain Current Account surplus accounted for 2.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2025, compared with a 3.6 % surplus in the previous quarter. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
2.3 Dec 2025	3.6 Sep 2025	-11.9 Mar 2008	4.6 Sep 2016	%	quarterly	Mar 1980 - Dec 2025

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