Brazil

Current account balance

The current account balance summarizes trade income and cross-border transfers. As a share of GDP, it helps compare external surpluses and deficits across economies.

Current account balance - Brazil

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The reading right now

As of January 2024, Current account balance for Brazil stood at -3.03%. That is down 1.8 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged -2.3%, ranging from a low of -3.41% in January 2019 to a high of -1.24% in January 2023. The current reading sits 0.52 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of -2.51%.

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