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

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. The following definitions are based on the IMF Fifth Balance of Payments Manual (BPM5). The Balance of Payments is broken down into three broad sub-balances: the current account, the capital account, and the financial account.Capital account: This item covers all transactions that involve (a) the receipt or payment of capital transfers (debt forgiveness, migrant's transfers, etc.) and (b) the acquisition/disposal of nonproduced, nonfinancial assets, which includes transactions associated with tangible assets (e.g., land and subsoil assets) and transactions associated with intangible assets (e.g., patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchises, etc.). Source: European Central Bank.

• • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data)
  • BOP_item
    • 00 Capital 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
  • Currency
    • 00 Million euro
  • 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