Current account, % of GDP (FY)

Current account balance, % of GDP, financial year. Annual, per cent. Latest: −0.61 (FY26).

Level

per cent

Source: RBI.

About this series

Series id	`cab_pct_gdp_fy`
Source	RBI: Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy, Table 241 (Balance of Payments Indicators)
Coverage	FY88 to FY26 (39 observations)
Release	Handbook published each year (around August)
Updated by	Daily automated pipeline · `pipelines/sources/rbi/general_government.py`
Licence	Terms not yet reviewed; not offered for download
Notes	% of GDP, financial year (period = 1 April); negative = deficit. RBI's ratio (US$ current account over GDP), from 1987-88. Quarterly ratios are in bop_cab_pct_gdp.
Checked against the official release	2026-11-03: Handbook 2025-26 Table 241 column 'CAD / GDP': 1987-88 -1.74, 2012-13 -4.81, 2025-26 -0.61. (source)

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Cite: India Macro-Finance Tracker (2026). Current account balance, % of GDP, financial year [cab_pct_gdp_fy]. Retrieved 3 Nov 2026. Original source: RBI.

Latest observations

Period	Value	Note
FY26	−0.61
FY25	−0.58
FY24	−0.72
FY23	−2.04
FY22	−1.20
FY21	0.93
FY20	−0.83
FY19	−2.09
FY18	−1.82
FY17	−0.60
FY16	−1.03
FY15	−1.29
FY14	−1.73
FY13	−4.81
FY12	−4.29
FY11	−2.87
FY10	−2.85
FY09	−2.33
FY08	−1.29
FY07	−1.02
FY06	−1.21
FY05	−0.35
FY04	2.32
FY03	1.23

Revisions

No revisions recorded since this series was added. When the publisher revises a past value, the old and new values appear here.