Balance of payments, financial 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.Financial account: The financial account is broken down into five basic components: direct investment, portfolio investment, financial derivatives, other investment, and reserve assets. Source: European Central Bank.

• • Currency
    • 00 Million euro
  • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data)
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Stock or flow
    • 00 Net
  • Geopolitical entity (partner)
    • 000 Rest of the world
  • BOP_item
    • 00 Financial account
    • 01 Financial account; direct investment
    • 02 Financial account; portfolio investment
    • 03 Financial account; financial derivatives and employee stock options
    • 04 Financial account; other investment
    • 05 Financial account; reserve assets
    • 06 Net errors and omissions
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 000 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 001 Belgium
    • 002 Bulgaria
    • 003 Czechia
    • 004 Denmark
    • 005 Germany
    • 006 Estonia
    • 007 Ireland
    • 008 Greece
    • 009 Spain
    • 00a France
    • 00b Croatia
    • 00c Italy
    • 00d Cyprus
    • 00e Latvia
    • 00f Lithuania
    • 00g Luxembourg
    • 00h Hungary
    • 00i Malta
    • 00j Netherlands
    • 00k Austria
    • 00l Poland
    • 00m Portugal
    • 00n Romania
    • 00o Slovenia
    • 00p Slovakia
    • 00q Finland
    • 00r Sweden
    • 00s North Macedonia
    • 00t Serbia