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
    • 0 Million euro
  • BOP_item
    • 0 Current account
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Stock or flow
    • 0 Balance
  • Geopolitical entity (partner)
    • 0 Rest of the world
  • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data)
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 0 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 1 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 2 Belgium
    • 3 Bulgaria
    • 4 Czechia
    • 5 Denmark
    • 6 Germany
    • 7 Estonia
    • 8 Ireland
    • 9 Greece
    • a Spain
    • b France
    • c Croatia
    • d Italy
    • e Cyprus
    • f Latvia
    • g Lithuania
    • h Luxembourg
    • i Hungary
    • j Malta
    • k Netherlands
    • l Austria
    • m Poland
    • n Portugal
    • o Romania
    • p Slovenia
    • q Slovakia
    • r Finland
    • s Sweden
    • t North Macedonia
    • u Serbia