Faroe Islands - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Faroe Islands was $191,951,300 as of 2019. Over the past 21 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $220,404,900 in 2016 and ($377,151,600) in 2007.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1998 $26,504,300
1999 ($34,460,020)
2000 ($83,569,420)
2001 ($14,634,500)
2002 ($12,831,390)
2003 ($202,028,000)
2004 ($64,612,510)
2005 ($172,889,300)
2006 ($200,443,900)
2007 ($377,151,600)
2008 ($211,804,400)
2009 ($143,856,400)
2010 ($69,486,670)
2011 ($82,068,290)
2012 ($242,986,600)
2013 ($90,771,500)
2014 ($445,434)
2015 $20,630,510
2016 $220,404,900
2017 $218,070,800
2018 $53,178,350
2019 $191,951,300

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Faroe Islands was 1,280,200,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,483,700,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -2,053,100,000 in 2007.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1998 177,600,000
1999 -240,400,000
2000 -675,500,000
2001 -121,800,000
2002 -101,300,000
2003 -1,330,900,000
2004 -387,100,000
2005 -1,036,800,000
2006 -1,192,000,000
2007 -2,053,100,000
2008 -1,079,800,000
2009 -771,200,000
2010 -390,800,000
2011 -440,600,000
2012 -1,407,500,000
2013 -509,800,000
2014 -2,500,000
2015 138,800,000
2016 1,483,700,000
2017 1,439,900,000
2018 335,800,000
2019 1,280,200,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Faroe Islands was 6.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 8.05 in 2016, while its lowest value was -16.47 in 2007.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1998 2.39
1999 -3.08
2000 -7.89
2001 -1.28
2002 -1.02
2003 -13.52
2004 -3.83
2005 -10.01
2006 -10.10
2007 -16.47
2008 -8.71
2009 -6.34
2010 -2.99
2011 -3.29
2012 -10.27
2013 -3.46
2014 -0.02
2015 0.82
2016 8.05
2017 7.52
2018 1.74
2019 6.14

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts