BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. World and Regional Tables
3. Country Tables
4. Annex I. Analytic Presentation of the
   Balance of Payments
5. Annex II. Standard Presentation of the
   Balance of Payments
6. Annex III. Standard Components of the
   International Investment Position
7. Annex IV. Reporting Currency
8. Annex V. Conceptual Framework of the
   Balance of Payments and International
   Investment Position
9. Annex VI. Classification and Standard
   Components of the Balance of Payments
   and International Investment Position
   Overview
   The electronic release of the Balance of
   Payments Statistics Yearbook (BOPSY),
   produced by the International Monetary Fund
   (IMF), contains balance of payments and
   international investment position (IIP) data in
   accordance with the sixth edition of the Balance
   of Payments and International Investment
   Position Manual (BPM6) published in 2009.
   Individual country data for all available periods
   along with world and regional aggregates for the
   period 2005-2021 are included in this release.
   The IMF is grateful for countries’ cooperation in
   providing comprehensive, timely, and regular
   1 Volume 1 of the Yearbook, published in 1949, was based on
   the first edition of the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual, issued
   in 1948; Volumes 2–12 were compiled pursuant to the second
   edition of the Manual, issued in 1950; Volumes 13–23 were based
   on the third edition of the Manual, issued in 1961; and Volumes 24–
   29 were associated with that edition as well as the Balance of
   Payments Manual: Supplement to Third Edition, issued in 1973.
   Volumes 30–45 followed the guidance of the fourth edition of the
   data to the Fund for re-dissemination. These data
   support the IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) in
   its efforts to respond to the analytical and policy
   needs of the IMF, member countries, and the
   international community.
   The electronic release, available through the
   online database accessible at http://data.imf.org,
   contains a section on the World and Regional
   Tables, which presents 21 World and Regional
   Tables for major components of the balance of
   payments and IIP accounts. Individual country
   tables covering annual balance of payments and
   IIP data of individual countries, jurisdictions, and
   other reporting entities, as well as Balance of
   Payments and IIP metadata are also published
   through the online database..
   The release of the Yearbook based on BPM61
   was endorsed by the IMF’s Committee on
   Balance of Payments Statistics. The BPM6
   provides updated international standards
   covering the methodologies for compiling, and
   the presentation of, balance of payments and IIP
   statistics. It incorporates clarifications and
   improvements reflecting significant
   developments and expansion in globalized
   international trade arrangements and financial
   markets that had been identified since the release
   of the fifth edition of the Balance of Payments
   Manual (BPM5) in 1993. Moreover, the linkages
   to and consistency with other macroeconomic
   statistics are maintained and enhanced through
   the parallel update of the OECD Benchmark
   Definition of Foreign Direct Investment and the
   System of National Accounts.
   Manual, published in 1977. Volumes 46–62 were presented in
   accordance with the standard components of the BPM5. However,
   the standard components changed with the publication of Financial
   Derivatives, a Supplement to the Fifth Edition (1993) of the Balance
   of Payments Manual, published in 2000 and amended in 2002. As
   noted, Volume 63 and subsequent volumes were presented based on
   BPM6. Beginning 2019, BOPSY is released in electronic format
   only.
   International Monetary Fund: Balance of Payments Statistics: Introductory Notes, as of November 2023 3
   For many decades, the IMF has published
   data on a basis that is consistent across countries
   and across time periods. Such data consistency is
   required to perform cross-country data
   comparisons, track growth rates across time, and
   produce regional or global data aggregates. Data
   conversion work undertaken by IMF staff, in
   close consultation with IMF member countries,
   has made possible the presentation in the BPM6
   format of data for the few economies that have
   not yet implemented BPM6. To assist users in
   understanding the impact of conversion to BPM6,
   as well as in understanding major methodological
   changes from BPM5 to BPM6, see FAQs on
   Conversion from BPM5 to BPM6 The
   methodologies, compiling practices, and data
   sources available through data.imf.org are based
   on information provided to the IMF by reporting
   countries. The descriptions are intended to
   enhance user understanding of the coverage, as
   well as the limitations, of individual country data.
   At the same time, they are useful in informing
   compilers of data sources and practices used by
   their counterparts in other countries.