Net capital account (BoP, current US$) - Europe
Definition: Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Description: The map below shows how Net capital account (BoP, current US$) varies by country in Europe. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the region is Poland, with a value of 13,846,000,000.00. The country with the lowest value in the region is Ireland, with a value of -17,470,640,000.00.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison
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Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.