United States Current Account Balance 1980s

Current account balance as % of GDP · World Bank
-1.73% decade average (1980-1989)

United States's current account balance during the 1980s ranged from -3.31% (1987) to 0.15% (1981), averaging -1.73% over 10 years of data.

1980s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1980 0.07% +0.08% 109th
1981 0.15% +0.07% 121st
1982 -0.35% −0.50% 120th
1983 -1.22% −1.05% 101st
1984 -2.45% −1.39% 67th
1985 -2.87% −0.53% 69th
1986 -3.21% −0.49% 61st
1987 -3.31% −0.09% 61st
1988 -2.32% +0.99% 74th
1989 -1.76% +0.55% 88th