"Figure 1: Current account narrowed as trading conditions improved income flows in 2021","" "Contributions to the change in the UK current account balance as a percentage of nominal gross domestic product (GDP), 1984 to 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage of nominal GDP" "","" "","Trade balance","Primary income balance","Secondary income balance","Total current account balance" "1984","0.3","-0.1","-0.4","-0.2" "1985","1.3","-0.7","-0.7","0.0" "1986","-0.2","0.0","-0.5","-0.7" "1987","-0.4","-0.2","-0.7","-1.3" "1988","-2.4","-0.2","-0.6","-3.2" "1989","-2.7","-0.4","-0.7","-3.8" "1990","-1.4","-0.7","-0.7","-2.8" "1991","-0.1","-0.8","-0.1","-1.0" "1992","-0.4","-0.1","-0.7","-1.2" "1993","0.0","-0.3","-0.7","-1.0" "1994","0.3","0.2","-0.6","-0.1" "1995","0.6","-0.1","-0.9","-0.3" "1996","0.5","-0.2","-0.5","-0.2" "1997","0.6","-0.1","-0.6","-0.1" "1998","-0.4","1.1","-0.9","-0.2" "1999","-1.0","-0.3","-0.7","-2.1" "2000","-1.2","0.3","-0.9","-1.9" "2001","-1.8","0.5","-0.6","-1.8" "2002","-2.4","1.1","-0.8","-2.0" "2003","-2.2","1.1","-0.8","-1.9" "2004","-2.4","0.8","-0.8","-2.4" "2005","-2.2","1.0","-0.9","-2.0" "2006","-1.9","-0.4","-0.8","-3.2" "2007","-2.0","-0.9","-0.9","-3.8" "2008","-1.8","-1.3","-0.9","-4.0" "2009","-1.3","-0.8","-1.0","-3.2" "2010","-1.7","0.0","-1.2","-2.9" "2011","-1.0","0.4","-1.3","-1.8" "2012","-1.1","-0.9","-1.2","-3.3" "2013","-1.6","-1.8","-1.4","-4.8" "2014","-2.1","-1.8","-1.3","-5.2" "2015","-1.7","-2.2","-1.2","-5.1" "2016","-2.0","-2.3","-1.2","-5.5" "2017","-1.5","-1.1","-1.1","-3.6" "2018","-1.5","-1.4","-1.2","-4.1" "2019","-1.6","0.0","-1.2","-2.8" "2020","0.4","-2.2","-1.3","-3.2" "2021","-0.8","-0.4","-0.8","-2.0"