Russia posted a current account surplus of $9.2 billion in the final quarter of 2025, narrowing sharply from the 13.8 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. It was the lowest current account surplus for the period since the fourth quarter of 2020, when the pandemic crisis triggered plunges in the value of commodities that Russia exports. The surplus of goods narrowed to $28.1 billion from $31.6 billion in the previous year, pressured by slowing demand for energy from China, which has been the main costumer for heavyweight commodity exports for Russia since Western sanctions from 2022. In turn, the deficit for services widened to $13.5 billion from $9.9 billion. On the other hand the primary and secondary account gap aggregates narrowed to $5.4 billion from $9.9 billion. For the full year, Russia's current account surplus was at $41.4 billion, narrowing from $62.6 billion in 2024 and totalling estimates of 2% of the Russian GDP. source: Central Bank of Russia

Russia recorded a Current Account surplus of 9200 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2025. Current Account in Russia averaged 14316.22 USD Million from 1994 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 77221.00 USD Million in the second quarter of 2022 and a record low of -3774.00 USD Million in the second quarter of 1998. This page provides - Russia Current Account - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Russia Current Account - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Russia recorded a Current Account surplus of 9200 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2025. Current Account in Russia is expected to be 16000.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Russia Current Account is projected to trend around 12100.00 USD Million in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-10-15 01:00 PM
Current Account
Q3 $4B $17.9B $ 8B
2026-02-12 01:00 PM
Current Account
Q4 $9.2B $9.5B $17.5B
2026-05-18 01:00 PM
Current Account
Q1 $9.2B $ 16B


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 10021.00 6800.00 USD Million Dec 2025
Capital Flows 7500.57 299.02 USD Million Sep 2025
Current Account 9200.00 9415.00 USD Million Dec 2025
Current Account to GDP 2.00 3.00 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Exports 43530.00 32880.00 USD Million Dec 2025
External Debt 308.10 322.40 USD Billion Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment -726.21 7166.48 USD Million Sep 2025
Imports 33509.00 26085.00 USD Million Dec 2025


Russia Current Account
Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
9200.00 9415.00 77221.00 -3774.00 1994 - 2025 USD Million Quarterly
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Russia Current Account Surplus Narrows
Russia posted a current account surplus of $9.2 billion in the final quarter of 2025, narrowing sharply from the 13.8 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. It was the lowest current account surplus for the period since the fourth quarter of 2020, when the pandemic crisis triggered plunges in the value of commodities that Russia exports. The surplus of goods narrowed to $28.1 billion from $31.6 billion in the previous year, pressured by slowing demand for energy from China, which has been the main costumer for heavyweight commodity exports for Russia since Western sanctions from 2022. In turn, the deficit for services widened to $13.5 billion from $9.9 billion. On the other hand the primary and secondary account gap aggregates narrowed to $5.4 billion from $9.9 billion. For the full year, Russia's current account surplus was at $41.4 billion, narrowing from $62.6 billion in 2024 and totalling estimates of 2% of the Russian GDP.
2026-02-12
Russia Records Lowest Current Account Surplus in 4 Years
Russia posted a current account surplus of $7.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025, narrowing sharply from the downwardly revised $17.7 billion. It was the lowest current account surplus for Russia since the fourth quarter of 2020, when the pandemic crisis triggered plunges in the value of commodities that Russia exports. The surplus of goods narrowed to $27.2 billion in the second quarter from $30.1 billion in the previous year, pressured by slowing demand for energy from China, which has been the main costumer for heavyweight commodity exports for Russia since Western sanctions from 2022. In turn, the deficit for services widened to $12.9 billion from $7.8 billion, while the primary and secondary account gap aggregates widened to $7 billion from $4.6 billion.
2025-08-14
Russia Current Account Surplus Narrows
Russia's current account surplus narrowed to $19.8 billion in the first quarter of 2025 from $24 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. The surplus for goods narrowed to $32.5 billion from $34.8 billion, pressured by slowing demand for energy from China, which has been the main costumer for heavyweight commodity exports for Russia since Western sanctions from 2022. Also, the gap for primary and secondary incomes widened to $5.4 billion from $3.5 billion. In turn, the deficit for services was unchanged at $7.4 billion.
2025-04-11