United States - Net capital account

Net capital account (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Net capital account (BoP, current US$) in United States was ($5,487,000,000) as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $12,395,000,000 in 2017 and ($9,021,000,000) in 2011.

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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
-15,000,000,000
-10,000,000,000
-5,000,000,000
0
5,000,000,000
10,000,000,000
15,000,000,000
Year Value
1970 $0
1971 $0
1972 $0
1973 $0
1974 $0
1975 $0
1976 $0
1977 $0
1978 $0
1979 $0
1980 $0
1981 $0
1982 $0
1983 $0
1984 $0
1985 $0
1986 $0
1987 $0
1988 $0
1989 ($206,500,000)
1990 ($7,220,200,000)
1991 ($5,129,900,000)
1992 $1,449,400,000
1993 ($714,200,000)
1994 ($1,111,200,000)
1995 ($221,500,000)
1996 ($7,000,000)
1997 ($256,300,000)
1998 ($8,000,000)
1999 ($6,428,000,000)
2000 ($4,218,000,000)
2001 $12,169,000,000
2002 ($3,825,000,000)
2003 ($8,499,000,000)
2004 ($4,343,000,000)
2005 $950,000,000
2006 ($7,439,000,000)
2007 ($6,057,000,000)
2008 ($172,000,000)
2009 ($5,876,000,000)
2010 ($6,891,000,000)
2011 ($9,021,000,000)
2012 $931,000,000
2013 ($6,559,000,000)
2014 ($6,534,000,000)
2015 ($7,939,000,000)
2016 ($6,606,000,000)
2017 $12,395,000,000
2018 ($4,261,000,000)
2019 ($6,443,000,000)
2020 ($5,487,000,000)

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments