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Latvia – Current Account Balance

Current account balance as a share of GDP. Summarizes net trade in goods, services, income, and transfers with the rest of the world. · World Bank
-1.57% +2.31% from 2023 G20 rank: 62nd · all-time high: 8.01% (2009)

APA

Latvia Current Account Balance. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/latvia/current-account

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_latvia_current-account,
  title = {Latvia Current Account Balance},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/latvia/current-account},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}
Data & Projection
YearValueChangeRank
2030* IMF -2.50%
2029* IMF -2.63%
2028* IMF -2.65%
2027* IMF -2.43%
2026* IMF -2.31%
2025* IMF -2.12%
2024 -1.57% +2.31% 62nd
2023 -3.89% +1.59% 49th
2022 -5.48% −1.34% 66th
2021 -4.14% −7.23% 67th
2020 3.09% +3.27% 141st
2019 -0.17% +0.21% 117th
2018 -0.38% −1.92% 120th
2017 1.53% −0.22% 132nd
2016 1.76% +1.88% 149th
2015 -0.13% +1.41% 130th
Show all years (1995–2024)
* IMF World Economic Outlook projection
Detected Pattern
Export Boom Cycle
Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.
Reserves YoY +31.4% GDP growth 3.4% C/A balance 1.5%
This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful
Reserves YoY
+25.6%
GDP growth
4.0%
C/A balance
14.5%
Reserves YoY
+14.6%
GDP growth
3.7%
C/A balance
2.9%
Reserves YoY
+12.6%
GDP growth
6.0%
C/A balance
0.5%
Reserves YoY
+38.3%
GDP growth
5.0%
C/A balance
1.2%
Reserves YoY
+18.0%
GDP growth
2.9%
C/A balance
3.9%
Reserves YoY
+20.1%
GDP growth
2.8%
C/A balance
3.3%
HistorySaid

Latvia's current account balance peaked at 8.01% in 2009. The 2024 reading of -1.57% is -119.6% below that level. IMF projects -2.12% by 2025.