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
  • BOP_item
    • 00 Current account
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Stock or flow
    • 00 Balance
  • Geopolitical entity (partner)
    • 000 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 – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 002 Belgium
    • 003 Bulgaria
    • 004 Czechia
    • 005 Denmark
    • 006 Germany
    • 007 Estonia
    • 008 Ireland
    • 009 Greece
    • 00a Spain
    • 00b France
    • 00c Croatia
    • 00d Italy
    • 00e Cyprus
    • 00f Latvia
    • 00g Lithuania
    • 00h Luxembourg
    • 00i Hungary
    • 00j Malta
    • 00k Netherlands
    • 00l Austria
    • 00m Poland
    • 00n Portugal
    • 00o Romania
    • 00p Slovenia
    • 00q Slovakia
    • 00r Finland
    • 00s Sweden
    • 00t North Macedonia
    • 00u Serbia