Balance of payments, current account, monthly data methods, notes and classification

The 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). The current account is one of the three Balance of Payments sub-balances together with capital account and financial account. The Balance of Payments is the statistical statement that systematically summarises, for a specific time period, the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world. Definitions are based on the IMF Fifth Balance of Payments Manual (BPM5).Data are expressed in million euros. Data are presented in raw form. Source of euro area data: European Central Bank (ECB).

• • Currency
    • 00 Million euro
  • Balance of payments item
    • 00 Current account
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Counterpart sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Stock or flow
    • 00 Balance
  • Geopolitical entity (partner)
    • 00 Rest of the world
  • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data)
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 001 Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
    • 002 Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
    • 003 Belgium
    • 004 Bulgaria
    • 005 Czechia
    • 006 Denmark
    • 007 Germany
    • 008 Estonia
    • 009 Ireland
    • 00a Greece
    • 00b Spain
    • 00c France
    • 00d Croatia
    • 00e Italy
    • 00f Cyprus
    • 00g Latvia
    • 00h Lithuania
    • 00i Luxembourg
    • 00j Hungary
    • 00k Malta
    • 00l Netherlands
    • 00m Austria
    • 00n Poland
    • 00o Portugal
    • 00p Romania
    • 00q Slovenia
    • 00r Slovakia
    • 00s Finland
    • 00t Sweden
    • 00u North Macedonia
    • 00v Albania
    • 00w Serbia