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
    • 0 Capital 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
  • Currency
    • 0 Million euro
  • 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