"Figure 13: The UK current account balance as a percentage of GDP","" "Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2006 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Total trade balance","Total primary income","Total secondary income","Current account balance" "2006 Q1 ","-2.6","1.4","-0.9","-2.1" "2006 Q2 ","-2.1","1.5","-0.8","-1.4" "2006 Q3 ","-2.6","0.6","-0.8","-2.8" "2006 Q4 ","-2.7","1","-1","-2.6" "2007 Q1 ","-2.9","1.1","-0.8","-2.6" "2007 Q2 ","-2.2","1.5","-0.8","-1.5" "2007 Q3 ","-2.9","0.6","-0.8","-3.1" "2007 Q4 ","-2.5","1.1","-1.1","-2.5" "2008 Q1 ","-3.8","1.7","-1","-3.2" "2008 Q2 ","-3.2","0.3","-1","-3.9" "2008 Q3 ","-2.6","0.4","-0.9","-3.1" "2008 Q4 ","-2.1","-1.2","-0.7","-3.9" "2009 Q1 ","-2.7","-0.8","-1","-4.6" "2009 Q2 ","-2.4","-0.3","-1.2","-3.9" "2009 Q3 ","-1.9","1.5","-1","-1.5" "2009 Q4 ","-2","1","-0.9","-1.9" "2010 Q1 ","-2.7","1.4","-1.2","-2.5" "2010 Q2 ","-2.4","1.4","-1.1","-2.1" "2010 Q3 ","-3.3","1.1","-1.3","-3.5" "2010 Q4 ","-2.4","1.3","-1.6","-2.8" "2011 Q1 ","-0.6","1","-1.4","-1" "2011 Q2 ","-1.1","2.1","-1.2","-0.2" "2011 Q3 ","-2.3","0.8","-1.4","-3" "2011 Q4 ","-2.6","1","-1.4","-2.9" "2012 Q1 ","-1.8","0.3","-1.3","-2.8" "2012 Q2 ","-2.9","0","-1.2","-4.1" "2012 Q3 ","-1.9","-0.3","-1.3","-3.5" "2012 Q4 ","-2.3","-0.5","-1.4","-4.3" "2013 Q1 ","-1.5","-0.8","-1.5","-3.7" "2013 Q2 ","-1.8","0.1","-1.6","-3.2" "2013 Q3 ","-2.3","-0.7","-1.7","-4.7" "2013 Q4 ","-3.4","-1.1","-1.5","-6" "2014 Q1 ","-2.6","-0.9","-1.2","-4.7" "2014 Q2 ","-1.5","-0.9","-1.5","-3.9" "2014 Q3 ","-2","-1.5","-1.1","-4.6" "2014 Q4 ","-1.9","-1.9","-1.6","-5.4" "2015 Q1 ","-2","-1.3","-1.2","-4.6" "2015 Q2 ","-1.3","-1","-1.3","-3.6" "2015 Q3 ","-1.8","-0.5","-1.1","-3.4" "2015 Q4 ","-1.2","-2.6","-1.6","-5.5" "2016 Q1 ","-2","-2.2","-1.2","-5.4" "2016 Q2 ","-1.6","-1.5","-1.2","-4.3" "2016 Q3 ","-3","-0.9","-1.4","-5.3" "2016 Q4","-1","-0.2","-1.3","-2.4"