methods, notes and classification 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)
    • Balance of payments item
      • 00 Capital 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
    • Currency
      • 00 Million euro
    • 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