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
  • Counterpart sector (ESA 2010)
    • 0 Total economy
  • Stock or flow
    • 00 Net
  • Geopolitical entity (partner)
    • 00 Rest of the world
  • Balance of payments 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 – 21 countries (from 2026)
    • 001 Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
    • 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 Albania
    • 00v Serbia