"Figure 1: The UK’s current account deficit as a percentage of GDP narrowed to 2.8% in Quarter 3 2019","" "Contributions to the UK’s current account balance as a percentage of gross domestic product, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2010 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec)." "Unit","% of GDP" "","" "","Total secondary income ","Total primary income","Trade in services","Trade in goods","Current account " "2010 Q1","-1.1","0.1","3.9","-5.4","-2.6" "2010 Q2","-1.1","0.2","4.0","-5.8","-2.7" "2010 Q3","-1.2","-0.1","3.8","-6.2","-3.7" "2010 Q4","-1.5","0.1","4.1","-6.3","-3.6" "2011 Q1","-1.3","0.5","4.3","-5.0","-1.6" "2011 Q2","-1.1","1.2","5.1","-5.7","-0.6" "2011 Q3","-1.4","-0.2","5.3","-6.6","-2.8" "2011 Q4","-1.3","0.1","4.8","-5.8","-2.1" "2012 Q1","-1.2","-0.6","5.0","-5.7","-2.6" "2012 Q2","-1.1","-1.0","4.7","-6.6","-4.0" "2012 Q3","-1.2","-0.9","5.2","-6.0","-2.9" "2012 Q4","-1.3","-1.6","5.0","-6.2","-4.3" "2013 Q1","-1.4","-2.9","5.7","-6.2","-4.8" "2013 Q2","-1.5","-1.3","5.4","-6.4","-3.7" "2013 Q3","-1.5","-2.0","5.4","-6.5","-4.7" "2013 Q4","-1.4","-2.0","4.9","-7.4","-5.9" "2014 Q1","-1.2","-1.6","4.5","-6.3","-4.6" "2014 Q2","-1.4","-1.7","4.9","-6.2","-4.4" "2014 Q3","-1.0","-2.3","5.4","-6.5","-4.4" "2014 Q4","-1.6","-2.5","5.6","-7.0","-5.5" "2015 Q1","-1.2","-2.2","4.9","-7.1","-5.6" "2015 Q2","-1.2","-1.3","4.7","-5.5","-3.3" "2015 Q3","-1.0","-1.8","4.4","-5.8","-4.2" "2015 Q4","-1.5","-3.8","5.0","-6.2","-6.5" "2016 Q1","-1.1","-3.0","5.0","-6.5","-5.7" "2016 Q2","-1.1","-2.8","5.0","-6.1","-5.1" "2016 Q3","-1.3","-2.1","5.0","-7.7","-6.1" "2016 Q4","-1.2","-1.6","5.4","-6.5","-4.0" "2017 Q1","-1.0","-0.8","5.2","-6.6","-3.2" "2017 Q2","-1.4","-1.5","5.3","-6.5","-4.0" "2017 Q3","-1.1","-1.1","5.6","-6.7","-3.4" "2017 Q4","-0.9","-1.3","5.3","-6.4","-3.3" "2018 Q1","-1.1","-1.2","5.1","-6.2","-3.4" "2018 Q2","-1.1","-1.1","5.1","-6.3","-3.5" "2018 Q3","-1.3","-1.1","5.2","-6.4","-3.6" "2018 Q4","-1.2","-1.8","5.1","-7.1","-4.9" "2019 Q1","-1.3","-1.4","5.0","-9.1","-6.8" "2019 Q2","-1.2","-1.2","4.3","-6.3","-4.4" "2019 Q3","-1.2","-1.6","5.2","-5.2","-2.8"