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Importing data (general instructions)

2017-01-04T23:59:03Z

HarrySmythe:

= Introduction =

This section describes the import and update processes for data tables in IFsHistSeries.Mdb. Updating World Value Survey data (IFsWVSCohort.MDB) requires following a slightly different procedure.

Data import for IFs is a three step process:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Extraction, preparation and blending of source data (and meta-data) into MS Access tables formatted for IFs database. This step might involve a blending process when data is updated.</li>
<li>Vetting of MS Access tables containing extracted data (and meta-data)</li>
<li>Merging of the MS Access table (and meta-data) to IFs master database (IFsHistSeries.Mdb   and Datadict.mdb)</li>
</ol>

In this section we shall discuss how to extract data from external sources, prepare extracted data for IFs database and blend extracted data with existing data. When updating an existing data table we usually preserve data not reported in the more recent source to maintain consistency between old and new data, a process we call blending.

There are three ways to import data from external sources and prepare it for IFs as a new series or as an update of an existing series:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Manual import, which basically involves reorganizing external data into an IFs template spreadsheet and copying that data to an MS Access table   </li>
<li>Automated import that uses IFs software application to extract data from Excel spreadsheets and prepare Access tables using a Country Concordance table between external data source and IFs.</li>
<li>Batch update, another IFs application feature that automates updating all IFs tables from the same external source as long as external data is available in a required format.</li>
</ol>

= Manual Import Using IFs Template Spreadsheet =

The steps for the manual import are:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Enter or reorganize external data into IFs template spreadsheet. The IFs team uses an Excel spreadsheet template containing 186 IFs countries, country FIPS code and year columns going from 1960 to 2014. The name of the Excel file is "Template Data Form 6.XLS." This file can be found in the IFs\Data folder. (Template spreadsheets can also be generated from IFs application's import screen)</li>
<li>Delete year column in the template spreadsheet which do not have any data.</li>
<li>Create an MS Access table with the same structure (i.e., containing the same year columns) as the template spreadsheet. This new Access table needs to be created inside "IFsDataImport.Mdb" file in the IFs\Data folder. If you are updating an existing table, you should give the table the same name as the existing table. For a new table, prefix the table name with "Series" and follow the naming convention described in section 2.2.</li>
</ol>

Tip: Rather than creating an altogether new Access table, take an existing data table, i.e., any of the IFsHistSeries.mdb tables, copy it to a new name and change the structure by going to "Design View" in MS Access. In fact, it is best to start from an existing table so that the data field specifications are strictly followed. To add a year to the new table, insert an empty column (in the design view), copy an existing year column, paste it on the empty column and change the column (or field) name to the label of the year you need. (If you are using an existing Access table to create a new table, please delete the Earliest and MostRecent columns from the Access table as this will be populated automatically by IFs application.)
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Copy and paste the data from Excel template spreadsheet to Access table. Make sure you sort both the spreadsheet and the Access table alphabetically by country name before you copy and paste.</li>
<li>Add a row to the Datadict table inside IFsDataImport.Mdb file. If you are importing new data, create an empty row and add meta-data (please be as complete as possible). If you are updating data, copy the row from master copy of Datadict (DataDict.Mdb) and edit as needed (you must edit last IFs update)</li>
</ol>

Tip: You can skip steps iii, iv and v and use IFs' automated import (see next section for description) feature instead

'''Passing Extracted Data for Vetting'''

Extracted data, saved in Data\IFsDataImport.Mdb, need to be sent to the person who will do the vetting. Please also pass all source information (Excel spreadsheet data or pdf file/s or the website from which data is taken). Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended.

= Automated Import Using ImportXLS: Single Import =

External data available in Excel format known to IFs can be extracted into Access tables using IFs application's automated ImportXLS (the process works only for Excel files and hence the name) feature that work by importing one time series at a time.

This feature can be accessed through IFs menu system:

IFs -> MainMenu->Extended Features -> Manage Country Data->Historic Data File Processing-> Import Data from XLS File.

[[File:ImportDataFromXLSFile.png|RTENOTITLE]]

This opens up a form shown below:

[[File:ImportDataWizard.png|RTENOTITLE]]

The form is self-explanatory for the most part. You have to start by opening the source Excel file and selecting the spreadsheet which contains source. You then need to choose one from the six options showing the format of the data organization in the source spreadsheet (see the right side of the import screen). The default of these six options (the one at the bottom) works in most cases. The "Help" menu option in the form opens up a dialog box with a step by step guide as shown in the figure below:

[[File:ImportDataInstructions.png|RTENOTITLE]]

As mentioned above, Country Concordance lists are used in converting external data to IFs format. "Country Concordance" options are shown in a dropdown list at the bottom of the screen. The prepackaged lists that you see in the dropdown were built over the years from the major international databases like World Bank's WDI, UNESCO, IEA etc. If you do not see a list that you can use you need to either use a manual import described above in section 3.1.1 or leave ImportXLS for now, build and update a country list and then come back to import. Unless a data source has a large number of tables that we will be regularly updating we do not spend the time in building and updating a new country concordance table. As a general rule, decimals should be truncated after the 4th decimal place. 

If you would like to update an existing table rather than import a new one, you can select the name of the table from a dropdown box just above the variable name box. Selecting an existing table will automatically bring in dictionary information from the master copy of the data dictionary.

Once the external data is successfully imported you will be able to see the data in a grid. Once you accept the data, you will be allowed to input dictionary information (meta data) for the table you imported. A form will open up for this purpose (see figure below)

[[File:DataDictWizard.png|RTENOTITLE]]

== Passing Extracted Data for Vetting ==

Extracted data will be saved in Data\IFsDataImport.Mdb. Dictionary info is saved in a table named "datadict" inside this same .mdb. You need to send this .mdb and all external source Excel to the person who will do the vetting. Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended. The new automated vetting feature of IFs (described in the vetting section below) can be useful.

Automated Import Using ImportXLS:  186 Countries

IFs data tables cover 183 countries now. But we plan to extend IFs to 186 countries by including Seychelles, Kosovo and South Sudan. Just below the “Import Data from XLS File" there is another menu option titled "Import Data from XLS File 186". The form that opens will follow the same procedure as 183 country import, but will create two tables one with 186 countries and one with 183, both in the same location.

= Batch Update Using ImportXLSBatch =

Another form has been created that allows import from an access table. This needs to be described, and shown.

Batch update, another IFs application feature, allows updating all IFs tables pertaining to a certain external source at once. This works only for those sources where data is available in a recognized format and each source series is identified with a fixed code that IFs data dictionary can save and match during subsequent updates. At this moment, batch update works for AQU, WDI, UNESCO (UIS), IMF and FAO.

The batch update feature can be reached through IFs main menu:

IFs -> MainMenu->Extended Features -> Manage Country Data->Historic Data File Processing-> Update Data in Batch.

The form that opens up is shown below. The grid on the right of the form will be empty initially, but fills up as soon as the user selects a source name from the dropdown box sitting above the grid. You can select all series for batch update (a checkbox is available for this) or decide to update the ones that you select by clicking on the "Update" column in the grid. There is an additional option of selecting only those variables per data source which are used in the Pre-Processor, which can be selected by checking the ‘Pre-Proc’ box on the batch import form seen below. Of course, the import process will update only those series that are found in the source Excel that you'll have to open using the menu at the top.

Batch update feature works by extracting multiple data series from a single spreadsheet at a time. From the box listing all spreadsheets in the workbook that you just opened, you will have to select the one that contains all the series dat.

Before using the batch import process, new variables must be added to the datadict and the source column of the datadict must be formatted for batch import by including one of the qualified series listed above (FAO, IMF, AQU, etc). Additionally, each data series in the external spreadsheet is matched with an IFs data table through a "series code" that is previously collected in the IFs "datadict" table. For WDI, these codes appear as combination of two to four letter code sections separated by periods (e.g., AG.PRD.FOOD.XD). For UNESCO education data, we take series names used by UIS, exactly as they type it, as series codes. For FAO data, Element code and Item code used by FAO are used by IFS (accordingly, there will be two series code  boxes in the batch update form when you are updating FAO data; identify Element code as the first one and Item code as the second one).

The decimal places box is used for specifying the decimal places that will be kept in extracted tables. As a general rule, decimals should be truncated after the 4th decimal place. The setting works for those tables which do not have such setting established already (as shown in the grid above).

[[File:BatchImportWizard.png|RTENOTITLE]]

The steps are explained in a Help dialog shown below:

[[File:BatchImportInstructions.png|RTENOTITLE]]

Clicking the "Import Batch" button will import (and update) the series that are selected in the grid one at a time and show a progress bar as this is being done.

Imported tables can be subjected to automated blending and vetting using the new vetting/comparison interface described later in this document.

== Source Data for Batch Update ==

World Development Indicator (WDI) data is released annually and is usually available as a single Excel file at their website:

[http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators/ http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators/]

FAO and UIS data do not come in single file as WDI. What we need to do is download multiple series on related issues (e.g., all cereal production data or all primary education data) as single Excel files. (Kate McGrath has prepared instructions on getting FAO and UIS data from their websites).

IMF data is available only by accessing our IMF e-Library account, registered to Mohammod Irfan.

== Passing Extracted Batch Data for Vetting ==

Extracted data will be saved in Data\IFsDataImportBatch.Mdb. Dictionary info is saved in a table named "datadict" inside this same .mdb. You need to send this .mdb and all external source Excel to the person who will do the vetting. Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended. The new automated vetting feature of IFs (described in the vetting section below) can be useful.
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= Automated Import Using ImportXLS: Province Import =

Importing data for a provincial model can be done with the Province Data Import Feature. IFs does not need to be sub-regionalized to use this feature.

The batch update feature can be reached through IFs main menu:

IFs -> MainMenu->Extended Features -> Manage Country Data->Historic Data File Processing-> Import Data from XLS Provinces

The form that opens up is shown below. The format reflects the single series import process already described. A recognized excel format must be selected from the list on the right. The location of Province names, Years, and Series from your chosen excel data sheet must be designated. The provincial country concordance table must also be selected from the drop down list. The form contains the option to view the excel sheet you are importing, and to view the country concordance tables. Lastly, the variable you are importing needs to be selected from the drop down list. Existing variables will populate the definition field. New variables will need to be named using the Ifs naming convention reviewed above, and defined.

== Passing Extracted Data for Vetting ==

Extracted data will be saved in Data\IFsDataImport.Mdb. Dictionary info is saved in a table named "datadict" inside this same .mdb. You need to send this .mdb and all external source Excel to the person who will do the vetting. Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended. The new automated vetting feature of IFs (described in the vetting section below) can be useful.

Importing data (general instructions)

2017-01-04T23:58:38Z

HarrySmythe:

= Introduction =

This section describes the import and update processes for data tables in IFsHistSeries.Mdb. Updating World Value Survey data (IFsWVSCohort.MDB) requires following a slightly different procedure.

Data import for IFs is a three step process:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Extraction, preparation and blending of source data (and meta-data) into MS Access tables formatted for IFs database. This step might involve a blending process when data is updated.</li>
<li>Vetting of MS Access tables containing extracted data (and meta-data)</li>
<li>Merging of the MS Access table (and meta-data) to IFs master database (IFsHistSeries.Mdb   and Datadict.mdb)</li>
</ol>

In this section we shall discuss how to extract data from external sources, prepare extracted data for IFs database and blend extracted data with existing data. When updating an existing data table we usually preserve data not reported in the more recent source to maintain consistency between old and new data, a process we call blending.

There are three ways to import data from external sources and prepare it for IFs as a new series or as an update of an existing series:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Manual import, which basically involves reorganizing external data into an IFs template spreadsheet and copying that data to an MS Access table   </li>
<li>Automated import that uses IFs software application to extract data from Excel spreadsheets and prepare Access tables using a Country Concordance table between external data source and IFs.</li>
<li>Batch update, another IFs application feature that automates updating all IFs tables from the same external source as long as external data is available in a required format.</li>
</ol>

= Manual Import Using IFs Template Spreadsheet =

The steps for the manual import are:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Enter or reorganize external data into IFs template spreadsheet. The IFs team uses an Excel spreadsheet template containing 186 IFs countries, country FIPS code and year columns going from 1960 to 2014. The name of the Excel file is "Template Data Form 6.XLS." This file can be found in the IFs\Data folder. (Template spreadsheets can also be generated from IFs application's import screen)</li>
<li>Delete year column in the template spreadsheet which do not have any data.</li>
<li>Create an MS Access table with the same structure (i.e., containing the same year columns) as the template spreadsheet. This new Access table needs to be created inside "IFsDataImport.Mdb" file in the IFs\Data folder. If you are updating an existing table, you should give the table the same name as the existing table. For a new table, prefix the table name with "Series" and follow the naming convention described in section 2.2.</li>
</ol>

Tip: Rather than creating an altogether new Access table, take an existing data table, i.e., any of the IFsHistSeries.mdb tables, copy it to a new name and change the structure by going to "Design View" in MS Access. In fact, it is best to start from an existing table so that the data field specifications are strictly followed. To add a year to the new table, insert an empty column (in the design view), copy an existing year column, paste it on the empty column and change the column (or field) name to the label of the year you need. (If you are using an existing Access table to create a new table, please delete the Earliest and MostRecent columns from the Access table as this will be populated automatically by IFs application.)
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;">
<li>Copy and paste the data from Excel template spreadsheet to Access table. Make sure you sort both the spreadsheet and the Access table alphabetically by country name before you copy and paste.</li>
<li>Add a row to the Datadict table inside IFsDataImport.Mdb file. If you are importing new data, create an empty row and add meta-data (please be as complete as possible). If you are updating data, copy the row from master copy of Datadict (DataDict.Mdb) and edit as needed (you must edit last IFs update)</li>
</ol>

Tip: You can skip steps iii, iv and v and use IFs' automated import (see next section for description) feature instead

'''Passing Extracted Data for Vetting'''

Extracted data, saved in Data\IFsDataImport.Mdb, need to be sent to the person who will do the vetting. Please also pass all source information (Excel spreadsheet data or pdf file/s or the website from which data is taken). Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended.

= Automated Import Using ImportXLS: Single Import =

External data available in Excel format known to IFs can be extracted into Access tables using IFs application's automated ImportXLS (the process works only for Excel files and hence the name) feature that work by importing one time series at a time.

This feature can be accessed through IFs menu system:

IFs -> MainMenu->Extended Features -> Manage Country Data->Historic Data File Processing-> Import Data from XLS File.

[[File:ImportDataFromXLSFile.png|RTENOTITLE]]

This opens up a form shown below:

[[File:ImportDataWizard.png|RTENOTITLE]]

The form is self-explanatory for the most part. You have to start by opening the source Excel file and selecting the spreadsheet which contains source. You then need to choose one from the six options showing the format of the data organization in the source spreadsheet (see the right side of the import screen). The default of these six options (the one at the bottom) works in most cases. The "Help" menu option in the form opens up a dialog box with a step by step guide as shown in the figure below:

[[File:ImportDataInstructions.png|RTENOTITLE]]

As mentioned above, Country Concordance lists are used in converting external data to IFs format. "Country Concordance" options are shown in a dropdown list at the bottom of the screen. The prepackaged lists that you see in the dropdown were built over the years from the major international databases like World Bank's WDI, UNESCO, IEA etc. If you do not see a list that you can use you need to either use a manual import described above in section 3.1.1 or leave ImportXLS for now, build and update a country list and then come back to import. Unless a data source has a large number of tables that we will be regularly updating we do not spend the time in building and updating a new country concordance table. As a general rule, decimals should be truncated after the 4th decimal place. 

If you would like to update an existing table rather than import a new one, you can select the name of the table from a dropdown box just above the variable name box. Selecting an existing table will automatically bring in dictionary information from the master copy of the data dictionary.

Once the external data is successfully imported you will be able to see the data in a grid. Once you accept the data, you will be allowed to input dictionary information (meta data) for the table you imported. A form will open up for this purpose (see figure below)

[[File:DataDictWizard.png|RTENOTITLE]]

== Passing Extracted Data for Vetting ==

Extracted data will be saved in Data\IFsDataImport.Mdb. Dictionary info is saved in a table named "datadict" inside this same .mdb. You need to send this .mdb and all external source Excel to the person who will do the vetting. Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended. The new automated vetting feature of IFs (described in the vetting section below) can be useful.

Automated Import Using ImportXLS:  186 Countries

IFs data tables cover 183 countries now. But we plan to extend IFs to 186 countries by including Seychelles, Kosovo and South Sudan. Just below the “Import Data from XLS File" there is another menu option titled "Import Data from XLS File 186". The form that opens will follow the same procedure as 183 country import, but will create two tables one with 186 countries and one with 183, both in the same location.

= Batch Update Using ImportXLSBatch =

Another form has been created that allows import from an access table. This needs to be described, and shown.

Batch update, another IFs application feature, allows updating all IFs tables pertaining to a certain external source at once. This works only for those sources where data is available in a recognized format and each source series is identified with a fixed code that IFs data dictionary can save and match during subsequent updates. At this moment, batch update works for AQU, WDI, UNESCO (UIS), IMF and FAO.

The batch update feature can be reached through IFs main menu:

IFs -> MainMenu->Extended Features -> Manage Country Data->Historic Data File Processing-> Update Data in Batch.

The form that opens up is shown below. The grid on the right of the form will be empty initially, but fills up as soon as the user selects a source name from the dropdown box sitting above the grid. You can select all series for batch update (a checkbox is available for this) or decide to update the ones that you select by clicking on the "Update" column in the grid. There is an additional option of selecting only those variables per data source which are used in the Pre-Processor, which can be selected by checking the ‘Pre-Proc’ box on the batch import form seen below. Of course, the import process will update only those series that are found in the source Excel that you'll have to open using the menu at the top.

Batch update feature works by extracting multiple data series from a single spreadsheet at a time. From the box listing all spreadsheets in the workbook that you just opened, you will have to select the one that contains all the series dat.

Before using the batch import process, new variables must be added to the datadict and the source column of the datadict must be formatted for batch import by including one of the qualified series listed above (FAO, IMF, AQU, etc). Additionally, each data series in the external spreadsheet is matched with an IFs data table through a "series code" that is previously collected in the IFs "datadict" table. For WDI, these codes appear as combination of two to four letter code sections separated by periods (e.g., AG.PRD.FOOD.XD). For UNESCO education data, we take series names used by UIS, exactly as they type it, as series codes. For FAO data, Element code and Item code used by FAO are used by IFS (accordingly, there will be two series code  boxes in the batch update form when you are updating FAO data; identify Element code as the first one and Item code as the second one).

The decimal places box is used for specifying the decimal places that will be kept in extracted tables. The setting works for those tables which do not have such setting established already (as shown in the grid above).

[[File:BatchImportWizard.png|RTENOTITLE]]

The steps are explained in a Help dialog shown below:

[[File:BatchImportInstructions.png|RTENOTITLE]]

Clicking the "Import Batch" button will import (and update) the series that are selected in the grid one at a time and show a progress bar as this is being done.

Imported tables can be subjected to automated blending and vetting using the new vetting/comparison interface described later in this document.

== Source Data for Batch Update ==

World Development Indicator (WDI) data is released annually and is usually available as a single Excel file at their website:

[http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators/ http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators/]

FAO and UIS data do not come in single file as WDI. What we need to do is download multiple series on related issues (e.g., all cereal production data or all primary education data) as single Excel files. (Kate McGrath has prepared instructions on getting FAO and UIS data from their websites).

IMF data is available only by accessing our IMF e-Library account, registered to Mohammod Irfan.

== Passing Extracted Batch Data for Vetting ==

Extracted data will be saved in Data\IFsDataImportBatch.Mdb. Dictionary info is saved in a table named "datadict" inside this same .mdb. You need to send this .mdb and all external source Excel to the person who will do the vetting. Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended. The new automated vetting feature of IFs (described in the vetting section below) can be useful.
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= Automated Import Using ImportXLS: Province Import =

Importing data for a provincial model can be done with the Province Data Import Feature. IFs does not need to be sub-regionalized to use this feature.

The batch update feature can be reached through IFs main menu:

IFs -> MainMenu->Extended Features -> Manage Country Data->Historic Data File Processing-> Import Data from XLS Provinces

The form that opens up is shown below. The format reflects the single series import process already described. A recognized excel format must be selected from the list on the right. The location of Province names, Years, and Series from your chosen excel data sheet must be designated. The provincial country concordance table must also be selected from the drop down list. The form contains the option to view the excel sheet you are importing, and to view the country concordance tables. Lastly, the variable you are importing needs to be selected from the drop down list. Existing variables will populate the definition field. New variables will need to be named using the Ifs naming convention reviewed above, and defined.

== Passing Extracted Data for Vetting ==

Extracted data will be saved in Data\IFsDataImport.Mdb. Dictionary info is saved in a table named "datadict" inside this same .mdb. You need to send this .mdb and all external source Excel to the person who will do the vetting. Some initial scrutiny of the data before it is sent for vetting is recommended. The new automated vetting feature of IFs (described in the vetting section below) can be useful.

World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE)

2017-01-04T23:50:19Z

HarrySmythe:

[What is the WIDE?]

= Instructions on pulling data for IFs =

#Go to [http://www.education-inequalities.org/indicators/trans_lowsec/countries/uganda#?dimension=all&group=all&age_group=|trans_lowsec&year=|2011 http://www.education-inequalities.org/indicators/trans_lowsec/countries/uganda#?dimension=all&group=all&age_group=|trans_lowsec&year=|2011]
#Click on Export
#From the drop down, click export as excel
#This will download all of the data from the WIDE in the country-year long format. You will need to filter for the variables you need.

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-21T22:03:28Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and is identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

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|-
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'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
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1

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Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. The Balance of Payments should sum to zero. In cases where they do not. the differences can be found here. A positive number indicates the reported financial account total is too high or the reported capital account total too low; a negative number indicates the reported financial account is too low or the reported capital account total too high. In other words (financial account) - (capital account) = 0 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width: 1168px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other Equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is further disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-21T21:37:28Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and is identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. The Balance of Payments should sum to zero. In cases where they do not. the differences can be found here. A positive number indicates the reported financial account total is too high or the reported capital account total too low; a negative number indicates the reported financial account is too low or the reported capital account total too high. In other words (financial account) - (capital account) = 0 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width: 1168px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-21T21:34:25Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and is identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. The Balance of Payments should sum to zero. In cases where they do not. the differences can be found here. 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width: 1168px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-21T21:31:35Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. The Balance of Payments should sum to zero. In cases where they do not. the differences can be found here. 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width: 1168px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-15T00:14:18Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width: 1168px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 721px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-15T00:14:03Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | The total series of "Other investment" is broken down into two sub-series: Other equity and Debt Instruments. Debt Instruments are further broken down into totals of four sub-series: Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and Other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations." 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-15T00:10:26Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-15T00:09:51Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | '''Description of Series''' 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | Two series that are totals of four sub-series. The two main series: Equity and investment fund shares, and Debt Securities. Those two series' totals are broken down into Central Bank; Deposit taking corporations, except the central bank; General Government; and other sectors. Other sectors is disagregated by "of which:other financial corporations."
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | Five series. One totaled series broken down into four sub-series: Monetary gold; special drawing rights' Reserve position in the fund; and other reserve assets.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Direct investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | There are two totaled series that are sums of their sub categories. The totaled categories are Equity and investment fund shares and Debt Instruments; the totalled categories are broken down into Direct investor enterprises in direct investment enterprises; direct investment enterprises in direct investor (reverse investment); and between fellow enterprises. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | one series of totals of financial derivatives and employee stock options. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 213px; height: 20px;" | 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-14T23:37:39Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit, and Net. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Three series available for the capital account: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Two series available for Financial Account. Financial Derivatives and employee stock options: assets and Liabilities
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | There are seven series available: other investment assets: equity, debt instruments, and net; and other investment liabilities for other equity, debt instruments, and net. and balance on current capital and financial account.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Six series avaiable: total portfolio investestment assets, equity and investment fund shares assets, debt securities assets, total portfolio investestment liabilities, equity and investment fund shares liabilities, debt securities liabilities.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Reserve Assets with Fund Record totals.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 215px; height: 20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 677px; height: 20px;" | Net errors and omissions reflect the imbalances resulting from imperfections in source data and compilation of the balance of payments accounts. 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''8'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Assets'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Assets (1+2+3+4+5+6+7)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" | '''12'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" | '''Liabilities'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" | '''Total Liabilities (9+10+11)'''
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-14T21:53:15Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
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'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | Description of specific series available
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Goods and services

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | Three series available for both goods and services (six total). They are broken down into Goods, Credit; Goods, Debit; Goods, balance; Services, Credit; Services Debit; Services, Balance.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of Primary Income: Credit, Debit, and Net 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | Three series available for goods and services of scondary Income: Credit, and Debit. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account total (1+2+3+4)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Gross acquisitions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Capital account total (6+7+8)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts (5+9)'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
15

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
16

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Financial account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Total changes in assets and liabilities (11+12+13+14+15)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
17

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts and financial accounts (10+16)'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Balance of payments (17+18)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''8'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Assets'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Assets (1+2+3+4+5+6+7)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" | '''12'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" | '''Liabilities'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" | '''Total Liabilities (9+10+11)'''
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-14T21:30:23Z

HarrySmythe:

UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. UNCTAD monitors international trade patterns, and aims to help developing economies access the benefits of the globalized economy more fairly and effectively. The statistics division of UNCTAD publishes data on various topics such as international trade, investment patterns in goods and services, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external finance resources, populations and labor force, commodities etc.<ref>Refer to “About UNCTAD” <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx></ref>

== Data source and availability ==

Data from UNCTAD and the related metadata is available here- [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html]

This data is compiled in accordance with the UNCTAD statistics handbook that is published annually.<ref>UNCTAD statistics handbook is available here://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=1414</ref> Data is published by UNCTAD annually. Commodity price data is released on a monthly basis. The trade matrix is updated twice a year, in May and September and trade indicator data is updated in June and October. The FDI data is updated every July. All data is presented in current US dollars.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD FAQ <http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Documentation.html></ref>

The export and import data published by UNCTAD are not symmetrical in all cases. This is because of the following reasons,

*Time of recording: It takes time to transport the goods. If the goods were shipped in December and arrived in January, the exports will be recorded in last year and imports will be in current year.
*Valuation: Imports are normally valued by adding insurance and freight to the value of the goods, but exports are not (only value of the goods). Therefore, normally, imports are always higher than exports
*Coverage, inclusion / exclusion of certain goods: Countries have different treatment on the inclusion and exclusion of goods (even though there is an international recommendation for this).
*Partner country attribution: The known exports destination at the time of exportation may not be where the goods go finally. The famous example is trade among Canada - USA - Mexico. The final destination of Mexican exports are sometimes unknown, so recording USA as destination, may be misleading, if the final destination is Canada (or vice-versa). However, Canada would record imports from Mexico as the country of origin.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data descriptions</ref>

 

In certain cases the FDI data is negative. This is because data on FDI flows are presented on net basis (capital transactions' credits less debits between direct investors and their foreign affiliates). Net decreases in assets or net increases in liabilities are recorded as credits (positive), while net increases in assets or net decreases in liabilities are recorded as debits (negative). Hence, FDI flows with a negative sign indicate that at least one of the three components of FDI is negative and not offset by positive amounts of the remaining components. These are called reverse investment or disinvestment.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data definitions</ref>

== Series available ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="553" style="width: 1116px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
'''Sr. no'''

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
'''Series'''

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | '''Description<ref>This column describes definitions and content of various datasets. These definitions are available at the UNCTAD data center metadata page.</ref>'''
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 60px;" |
1

| style="width: 321px; height: 60px;" |
Trade trends data

| style="width: 745px; height: 60px;" |
Volume growth rates of mechandise exports and imports; 

Total trade and share of merchandise trade

Total trade growth rates of merchandise trade

Trade and  growth rates by service-category

Exports and import totals and growth rates of services (available for BPM5 and BPM6)

Goods and services, exports and imports totals (available for BPM5 and BPM6)

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 40px;" |
2

| style="width: 321px; height: 40px;" |
Merchandise trade matrix

| style="width: 745px; height: 40px;" | This table presents merchandise trade by trading partner and product based on SITC, Rev.3 commodity classification (the most detailed level is two digit), expressed in thousands of dollars. In addition, data are also summarized by geographical region and economic grouping, for both reporting country and its trading partner, and by product grouping 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 40px;" |
3

| style="width: 321px; height: 40px;" |
Service trade data

| style="width: 745px; height: 40px;" | This table provides the latest available figures on quarterly services exports and imports of individual countries, in millions of dollars. Data are available for total services and four main sub-categories: goods-related services, transport, travel and other services. Commercial services, which exclude government goods and services but cover all other categories, are presented as a memo item. Relevant year-on-year growth rates are also shown.   The quarterly trade in services statistics presented follow the IMF ''Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition (BPM6) ''classification.    The statistics presented are the result of the common work of UNCTAD, World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Trade Center (ITC).  
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 140px;" |
4

| style="width: 321px; height: 140px;" |
Goods and services trade balance indicators

| style="width: 745px; height: 140px;" | This table is a compilation of statistics of trade in goods and services as reported in the Balance of Payments. The conceptual framework used for the compilation is based on the IMF ''Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition''(''BPM6''). 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 140px;" |
5

| style="width: 321px; height: 140px;" |
Most favored nation (MFN) and effectively applied import tariff rates on non-agricultural and non-fuel products, annual, 1988 - 2014   

| style="width: 745px; height: 140px;" |
The tariff rate applied to imports based on the MFN rate. Broken down by Manufactured goods, ores, and metals; ores and metals; manufactured goods; chemical products; machinery and transport equipment; and other manufactured goods.

The same exists for effectively applied rates.

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
6

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Gross domestic Product

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | GDP and GDP per capita
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
7

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Balance of payments

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | This table provides information on the current account net, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of GDP. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
8

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Exchange rates

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | There are three exchange rate series of interest: Nominal Effective Exchange Rate: The nominal effective exchange rate against a basket of currencies; Real Effective Exchange Rate based on CPI: a real effective exchange rate index in 2005 and based on CPI; and Real Effective Exchange Rates deflated by GDP.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
9

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Inflation rates

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | This table provides information on consumer price indices (CPI) with base year 2000 and 2005 and, in addition, annual growth rate indicator. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
10

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Foreign Direct Investments

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | This table contains information on foreign direct investment (FDI) inward and outward flows and stock, expressed in millions of dollars. These figures correspond to the Statistical Annexes of the UNCTAD 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
11

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Migrant's remittances

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | This table presents time series on receipts and payments of personal remittances in millions of dollars. These data are also shown as percentage of exports (receipts) and imports (payments) of goods and services, and as percentage of GDP. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
12

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Population

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | This table provides estimates from 1950 to 2015 and projections from 2016 to 2050 (Medium Variant), of total population and urban population, expressed in thousands and as a percentage of total population, respectively. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 20px;" |
13

| style="width: 321px; height: 20px;" |
Labor force

| style="width: 745px; height: 20px;" | Labour force by sex (total and female), and broken down by Agriculture sector and all sectors. Available in both absolute and as a percentage of female labour force.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 100px;" |
14

| style="width: 321px; height: 100px;" |
Commodity Prices

| style="width: 745px; height: 100px;" | Not by country, but by commodity. This table has UNCTAD free-market commodity price indices are Laspeyres-type with the base year 2000.
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 380px;" |
15

| style="width: 321px; height: 380px;" |
Share of ICT goods as a % of total trade

| style="width: 745px; height: 380px;" | This table contains the two ''Core Indicators'' on International trade defined by the ''Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development''. The first of these Core Indicators is the share of ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports, while the second Core Indicator is the share of ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 120px;" |
16

| style="width: 321px; height: 120px;" |
ICT producing sector core indicators, annual,

| style="width: 745px; height: 120px;" | This table contains statistics on two core indicators of the ICT producing sector: the proportion (%) of total business sector workforce involved in the ICT sector, and value added in the ICT sector as a percentage of total business sector value added. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 43px; height: 180px;" |
17

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Values and shares of creative goods in trade (export and import)

| style="width: 745px; height: 180px;" | This table presents exports and imports of creative goods by individual country, geographical region and economic grouping, expressed in millions of dollars and broken down by individual trading partner or trading group. Furthermore, data are presented also as percentage of world (both as economy and trading partner), total products, and region. 
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Concentration index of creative goods

| style="width: 745px; height: 60px;" | This table provides information on concentration indices of exports and imports of creative goods. 
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19

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International trade in related services: Royalties and license fees)

| style="width: 745px; height: 140px;" | In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of royalties and license fees (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 
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20

| style="width: 321px; height: 160px;" |
International trade in related services: Computer and information, annual, 

| style="width: 745px; height: 160px;" | In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of computer and information services (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 
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21

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Merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship annual

| style="width: 745px; height: 220px;" | This table shows statistics on the international maritime transport. It contains data on the size of the world merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship. Data are presented in thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT). The table presents also, for each region or country 1) its share in the world fleet, and 2) the share of a ship-type in its fleet. 
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22

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Ship scrapping

| style="width: 745px; height: 60px;" | This table shows estimates of the merchant fleet demolished between 1 January and 31 December of a given year. Only available between 2014-2015 
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23

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World seaborne trade

| style="width: 745px; height: 80px;" | This table shows data on the world seaborne trade by types of cargo, by country groups and by regions. Data are presented in millions of tons. 
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| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index
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| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of concentrations of products imported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
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| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Exports) 
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| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
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| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Imports) 
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| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by GDP with 2005 as the base year 
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| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2005) 
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= Instructions for Pulling Raw Data =

#Go to [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ http://unctadstat.unctad.org/]
#Navigate to the data center page
#In the data center bring up the series you wish to collect.
#Click “Economy” and then check all the boxes using the top left check mark
#Click show table
#Download the csv version of the data; the excel version of this data is excel 3 Version locked and cannot be used

= References  =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-14T21:28:44Z

HarrySmythe:

UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. UNCTAD monitors international trade patterns, and aims to help developing economies access the benefits of the globalized economy more fairly and effectively. The statistics division of UNCTAD publishes data on various topics such as international trade, investment patterns in goods and services, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external finance resources, populations and labor force, commodities etc.<ref>Refer to “About UNCTAD” <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx></ref>

== Data source and availability ==

Data from UNCTAD and the related metadata is available here- [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html]

This data is compiled in accordance with the UNCTAD statistics handbook that is published annually.<ref>UNCTAD statistics handbook is available here://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=1414</ref> Data is published by UNCTAD annually. Commodity price data is released on a monthly basis. The trade matrix is updated twice a year, in May and September and trade indicator data is updated in June and October. The FDI data is updated every July. All data is presented in current US dollars.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD FAQ <http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Documentation.html></ref>

The export and import data published by UNCTAD are not symmetrical in all cases. This is because of the following reasons,

*Time of recording: It takes time to transport the goods. If the goods were shipped in December and arrived in January, the exports will be recorded in last year and imports will be in current year.
*Valuation: Imports are normally valued by adding insurance and freight to the value of the goods, but exports are not (only value of the goods). Therefore, normally, imports are always higher than exports
*Coverage, inclusion / exclusion of certain goods: Countries have different treatment on the inclusion and exclusion of goods (even though there is an international recommendation for this).
*Partner country attribution: The known exports destination at the time of exportation may not be where the goods go finally. The famous example is trade among Canada - USA - Mexico. The final destination of Mexican exports are sometimes unknown, so recording USA as destination, may be misleading, if the final destination is Canada (or vice-versa). However, Canada would record imports from Mexico as the country of origin.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data descriptions</ref>

 

In certain cases the FDI data is negative. This is because data on FDI flows are presented on net basis (capital transactions' credits less debits between direct investors and their foreign affiliates). Net decreases in assets or net increases in liabilities are recorded as credits (positive), while net increases in assets or net decreases in liabilities are recorded as debits (negative). Hence, FDI flows with a negative sign indicate that at least one of the three components of FDI is negative and not offset by positive amounts of the remaining components. These are called reverse investment or disinvestment.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data definitions</ref>

== Series available ==

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'''Notes<ref>This column describes definitions and content of various datasets. These definitions are available at the UNCTAD data center metadata page.</ref>'''

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1

| style="width:197px;height:60px;" |
Trade trends data

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This series includes trade data for goods and service trade. Compiled in accordance with guidelines in BPM6<ref>BPM6 here refers to the Balance of payments and International Investment Position manual 6th edition issued by the IMF.</ref>

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
Volume growth rates of mechandise exports and imports; 

Total trade and share of merchandise trade

Total trade growth rates of merchandise trade

Trade and  growth rates by service-category

Exports and import totals and growth rates of services (available for BPM5 and BPM6)

Goods and services, exports and imports totals (available for BPM5 and BPM6)

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2

| style="width:197px;height:40px;" |
Merchandise trade matrix

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Bilateral trade data for goods by actor and trading partner

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" | This table presents merchandise trade by trading partner and product based on SITC, Rev.3 commodity classification (the most detailed level is two digit), expressed in thousands of dollars. In addition, data are also summarized by geographical region and economic grouping, for both reporting country and its trading partner, and by product grouping 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:40px;" |
3

| style="width:197px;height:40px;" |
Service trade data

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Exports and imports by service category, value, shares and growth

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" | This table provides the latest available figures on quarterly services exports and imports of individual countries, in millions of dollars. Data are available for total services and four main sub-categories: goods-related services, transport, travel and other services. Commercial services, which exclude government goods and services but cover all other categories, are presented as a memo item. Relevant year-on-year growth rates are also shown.   The quarterly trade in services statistics presented follow the IMF ''Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition (BPM6) ''classification.    The statistics presented are the result of the common work of UNCTAD, World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Trade Center (ITC).  
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
4

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
Goods and services trade balance indicators

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
Trade balance is defined as the difference between exports f.o.b. and imports f.o.b. expressed in millions of dollars. Normalized trade balance of goods and services is defined as the trade balance (total exports less total imports) divided by the total trade (exports plus imports). 

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | This table is a compilation of statistics of trade in goods and services as reported in the Balance of Payments. The conceptual framework used for the compilation is based on the IMF ''Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition''(''BPM6''). 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
5

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
Most favored nation (MFN) and effectively applied import tariff rates on non-agricultural and non-fuel products, annual, 1988 - 2014   

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
This series presents MFN (Most Favored Nation) and effectively applied import tariff rates for major categories of non-agricultural and non-fuel products by individual country (as market economy) and economic grouping (as origin), expressed in various aggregation measure

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
The tariff rate applied to imports based on the MFN rate. Broken down by Manufactured goods, ores, and metals; ores and metals; manufactured goods; chemical products; machinery and transport equipment; and other manufactured goods.

The same exists for effectively applied rates.

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
6

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Gross domestic Product

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Total and per capita

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | GDP and GDP per capita
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
7

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Balance of payments

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This is only the current account component of the BoP.

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | This table provides information on the current account net, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of GDP. 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
8

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Exchange rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This series includes real and nominal exchange rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | There are three exchange rate series of interest: Nominal Effective Exchange Rate: The nominal effective exchange rate against a basket of currencies; Real Effective Exchange Rate based on CPI: a real effective exchange rate index in 2005 and based on CPI; and Real Effective Exchange Rates deflated by GDP.
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
9

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Inflation rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
 This series includes the latest Consumer Price index

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | This table provides information on consumer price indices (CPI) with base year 2000 and 2005 and, in addition, annual growth rate indicator. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
10

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Foreign Direct Investments

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This series includes both Inward and Outward FDI

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | This table contains information on foreign direct investment (FDI) inward and outward flows and stock, expressed in millions of dollars. These figures correspond to the Statistical Annexes of the UNCTAD 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
11

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Migrant's remittances

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Personal remittances in millions of dollars

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | This table presents time series on receipts and payments of personal remittances in millions of dollars. These data are also shown as percentage of exports (receipts) and imports (payments) of goods and services, and as percentage of GDP. 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
12

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Population

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Total and Urban population

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | This table provides estimates from 1950 to 2015 and projections from 2016 to 2050 (Medium Variant), of total population and urban population, expressed in thousands and as a percentage of total population, respectively. 
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13

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Labor force

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Labor force and agricultural labor force

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | Labour force by sex (total and female), and broken down by Agriculture sector and all sectors. Available in both absolute and as a percentage of female labour force.
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:100px;" |
14

| style="width:197px;height:100px;" |
Commodity Prices

| style="width:322px;height:100px;" |
Free market commodity prices annual The weights used in the construction of the indices represent the relative values of commodity exports from developing countries for the period 1999-2001.

| style="width:322px;height:100px;" | Not by country, but by commodity. This table has UNCTAD free-market commodity price indices are Laspeyres-type with the base year 2000.
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:380px;" |
15

| style="width:197px;height:380px;" |
Share of ICT goods as a % of total trade

| style="width:322px;height:380px;" |
This table contains the two Core Indicators on International trade defined by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development. The first of these Core Indicators is the share of ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports, while the second Core Indicator is the share of ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports, for every economy for which this information is available in the UN COMTRADE database. For information on the Partnership, please consult: [http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx]. For each economy and for both trade flows, the table provides the associated Core Indicator, as well as the value in absolute ($) term of the ICT trade flow

| style="width:322px;height:380px;" | This table contains the two ''Core Indicators'' on International trade defined by the ''Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development''. The first of these Core Indicators is the share of ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports, while the second Core Indicator is the share of ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports. 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:120px;" |
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| style="width:197px;height:120px;" |
ICT producing sector core indicators, annual,

| style="width:322px;height:120px;" |
This table contains statistics on two core indicators of the ICT producing sector: the proportion (%) of total business sector workforce involved in the ICT sector, and value added in the ICT sector as a percentage of total business sector value added

| style="width:322px;height:120px;" | This table contains statistics on two core indicators of the ICT producing sector: the proportion (%) of total business sector workforce involved in the ICT sector, and value added in the ICT sector as a percentage of total business sector value added. 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:180px;" |
17

| style="width:197px;height:180px;" |
Values and shares of creative goods in trade (export and import)

| style="width:322px;height:180px;" |
This table presents exports and imports of creative goods by individual country, geographical region and economic grouping, expressed in millions of dollars and broken down by individual trading partner or trading group. Furthermore, data are presented also as percentage of world (both as economy and trading partner), total products, and region. 

| style="width:322px;height:180px;" | This table presents exports and imports of creative goods by individual country, geographical region and economic grouping, expressed in millions of dollars and broken down by individual trading partner or trading group. Furthermore, data are presented also as percentage of world (both as economy and trading partner), total products, and region. 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:60px;" |
18

| style="width:197px;height:60px;" |
Concentration index of creative goods

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This table provides information on concentration indices of exports and imports of creative goods. 

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" | This table provides information on concentration indices of exports and imports of creative goods. 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
19

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
International trade in related services: Royalties and license fees)

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of royalties and license fees (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade.

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of royalties and license fees (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:160px;" |
20

| style="width:197px;height:160px;" |
International trade in related services: Computer and information, annual, 

| style="width:322px;height:160px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of computer and information services (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 

| style="width:322px;height:160px;" | In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of computer and information services (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:220px;" |
21

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Merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship annual

| style="width:322px;height:220px;" |
This table shows statistics on the international maritime transport. It contains data on the size of the world merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship. Data are presented in thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT). The table presents also, for each region or country 1) its share in the world fleet, and 2) the share of a ship-type in its fleet. From 2011 onwards, the figures on numbers of ships are also available, as well as the data in gross tonnage (GT). 

| style="width:322px;height:220px;" | This table shows statistics on the international maritime transport. It contains data on the size of the world merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship. Data are presented in thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT). The table presents also, for each region or country 1) its share in the world fleet, and 2) the share of a ship-type in its fleet. 
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22

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Ship scrapping

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This table shows estimates of the merchant fleet demolished between 1 January and 31 December of a given year.

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" | This table shows estimates of the merchant fleet demolished between 1 January and 31 December of a given year. Only available between 2014-2015 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:80px;" |
23

| style="width:197px;height:80px;" |
World seaborne trade

| style="width:322px;height:80px;" |
This table shows data on the world seaborne trade by types of cargo, by country groups and by regions. Data are presented in millions of tons.

| style="width:322px;height:80px;" | This table shows data on the world seaborne trade by types of cargo, by country groups and by regions. Data are presented in millions of tons. 
|}

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| style="width: 551px;" | Balance of Payments as a percent of GDP 
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UNCTAD
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| style="width: 170px;" | Number of products (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | A count of products exported by a country 
| style="width: 89px; text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Unit
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| style="width: 170px;" | Number of Products (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | A count of products imported by a country 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Unit 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of concentrations of products exported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of concentrations of products imported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of diversification of goods exported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of diversification of goods imported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Real effective exchange rate indices (GDP deflator based) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by GDP with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Real effective exchange rate (CPI based) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by CPI; with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Nominal Effective Exchange Rate 
| style="width: 551px;" | Nominal Effective Exchange based on 2000 dollars 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2000) 
|}

= Series used in IFs  =

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= Instructions for Pulling Raw Data =

#Go to [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ http://unctadstat.unctad.org/]
#Navigate to the data center page
#In the data center bring up the series you wish to collect.
#Click “Economy” and then check all the boxes using the top left check mark
#Click show table
#Download the csv version of the data; the excel version of this data is excel 3 Version locked and cannot be used

= References  =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-14T16:33:37Z

HarrySmythe:

UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. UNCTAD monitors international trade patterns, and aims to help developing economies access the benefits of the globalized economy more fairly and effectively. The statistics division of UNCTAD publishes data on various topics such as international trade, investment patterns in goods and services, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external finance resources, populations and labor force, commodities etc.<ref>Refer to “About UNCTAD” <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx></ref>

== Data source and availability ==

Data from UNCTAD and the related metadata is available here- [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html]

This data is compiled in accordance with the UNCTAD statistics handbook that is published annually.<ref>UNCTAD statistics handbook is available here://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=1414</ref> Data is published by UNCTAD annually. Commodity price data is released on a monthly basis. The trade matrix is updated twice a year, in May and September and trade indicator data is updated in June and October. The FDI data is updated every July. All data is presented in current US dollars.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD FAQ <http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Documentation.html></ref>

The export and import data published by UNCTAD are not symmetrical in all cases. This is because of the following reasons,

*Time of recording: It takes time to transport the goods. If the goods were shipped in December and arrived in January, the exports will be recorded in last year and imports will be in current year.
*Valuation: Imports are normally valued by adding insurance and freight to the value of the goods, but exports are not (only value of the goods). Therefore, normally, imports are always higher than exports
*Coverage, inclusion / exclusion of certain goods: Countries have different treatment on the inclusion and exclusion of goods (even though there is an international recommendation for this).
*Partner country attribution: The known exports destination at the time of exportation may not be where the goods go finally. The famous example is trade among Canada - USA - Mexico. The final destination of Mexican exports are sometimes unknown, so recording USA as destination, may be misleading, if the final destination is Canada (or vice-versa). However, Canada would record imports from Mexico as the country of origin.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data descriptions</ref>

 

In certain cases the FDI data is negative. This is because data on FDI flows are presented on net basis (capital transactions' credits less debits between direct investors and their foreign affiliates). Net decreases in assets or net increases in liabilities are recorded as credits (positive), while net increases in assets or net decreases in liabilities are recorded as debits (negative). Hence, FDI flows with a negative sign indicate that at least one of the three components of FDI is negative and not offset by positive amounts of the remaining components. These are called reverse investment or disinvestment.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data definitions</ref>

== Series available ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="553" style="width:553px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr. no'''

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
'''Series'''

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
'''Notes<ref>This column describes definitions and content of various datasets. These definitions are available at the UNCTAD data center metadata page.</ref>'''

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | '''Description'''
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:60px;" |
1

| style="width:197px;height:60px;" |
Trade trends data

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This series includes trade data for goods and service trade. Compiled in accordance with guidelines in BPM6<ref>BPM6 here refers to the Balance of payments and International Investment Position manual 6th edition issued by the IMF.</ref>

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
Volume growth rates of mechandise exports and imports; 

Total trade and share of merchandise trade

Total trade growth rates of merchandise trade

Trade and  growth rates by service-category

Exports and import totals and growth rates of services (available for BPM5 and BPM6)

Goods and services, exports and imports totals (available for BPM5 and BPM6)

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:40px;" |
2

| style="width:197px;height:40px;" |
Merchandise trade matrix

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Bilateral trade data for goods by actor and trading partner

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" | This table presents merchandise trade by trading partner and product based on SITC, Rev.3 commodity classification (the most detailed level is two digit), expressed in thousands of dollars. In addition, data are also summarized by geographical region and economic grouping, for both reporting country and its trading partner, and by product grouping 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:40px;" |
3

| style="width:197px;height:40px;" |
Service trade data

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Exports and imports by service category, value, shares and growth

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" | This table provides the latest available figures on quarterly services exports and imports of individual countries, in millions of dollars. Data are available for total services and four main sub-categories: goods-related services, transport, travel and other services. Commercial services, which exclude government goods and services but cover all other categories, are presented as a memo item. Relevant year-on-year growth rates are also shown.   The quarterly trade in services statistics presented follow the IMF ''Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition (BPM6) ''classification.    The statistics presented are the result of the common work of UNCTAD, World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Trade Center (ITC).  
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
4

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
Goods and services trade balance indicators

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
Trade balance is defined as the difference between exports f.o.b. and imports f.o.b. expressed in millions of dollars. Normalized trade balance of goods and services is defined as the trade balance (total exports less total imports) divided by the total trade (exports plus imports). 

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | This table is a compilation of statistics of trade in goods and services as reported in the Balance of Payments. The conceptual framework used for the compilation is based on the IMF ''Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition''(''BPM6''). 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
5

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
Most favored nation (MFN) and effectively applied import tariff rates on non-agricultural and non-fuel products, annual, 1988 - 2014   

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
This series presents MFN (Most Favored Nation) and effectively applied import tariff rates for major categories of non-agricultural and non-fuel products by individual country (as market economy) and economic grouping (as origin), expressed in various aggregation measure

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
6

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Gross domestic Product

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Total and per capita

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
7

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Balance of payments

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This is only the current account component of the BoP.

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
8

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Exchange rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This series includes real and nominal exchange rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
9

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Inflation rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
 This series includes the latest Consumer Price index

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
10

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Foreign Direct Investments

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This series includes both Inward and Outward FDI

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
11

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Migrant's remittances

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Personal remittances in millions of dollars

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
12

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Population

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Total and Urban population

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
13

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Labor force

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Labor force and agricultural labor force

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:100px;" |
14

| style="width:197px;height:100px;" |
Commodity Prices

| style="width:322px;height:100px;" |
Free market commodity prices annual The weights used in the construction of the indices represent the relative values of commodity exports from developing countries for the period 1999-2001.

| style="width:322px;height:100px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:380px;" |
15

| style="width:197px;height:380px;" |
Share of ICT goods as a % of total trade

| style="width:322px;height:380px;" |
This table contains the two Core Indicators on International trade defined by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development. The first of these Core Indicators is the share of ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports, while the second Core Indicator is the share of ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports, for every economy for which this information is available in the UN COMTRADE database. For information on the Partnership, please consult: [http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx]. For each economy and for both trade flows, the table provides the associated Core Indicator, as well as the value in absolute ($) term of the ICT trade flow

| style="width:322px;height:380px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:120px;" |
16

| style="width:197px;height:120px;" |
ICT producing sector core indicators, annual,

| style="width:322px;height:120px;" |
This table contains statistics on two core indicators of the ICT producing sector: the proportion (%) of total business sector workforce involved in the ICT sector, and value added in the ICT sector as a percentage of total business sector value added

| style="width:322px;height:120px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:180px;" |
17

| style="width:197px;height:180px;" |
Values and shares of creative goods in trade (export and import)

| style="width:322px;height:180px;" |
This table presents exports and imports of creative goods by individual country, geographical region and economic grouping, expressed in millions of dollars and broken down by individual trading partner or trading group. Furthermore, data are presented also as percentage of world (both as economy and trading partner), total products, and region. 

| style="width:322px;height:180px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:60px;" |
18

| style="width:197px;height:60px;" |
Concentration index of creative goods

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This table provides information on concentration indices of exports and imports of creative goods. 

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
19

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Values and shares of creative services in trade (export and import)

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
  

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
20

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
International trade in related services: Royalties and license fees)

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of royalties and license fees (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade.

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:160px;" |
21

| style="width:197px;height:160px;" |
International trade in related services: Computer and information, annual, 

| style="width:322px;height:160px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of computer and information services (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 

| style="width:322px;height:160px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:220px;" |
22

| style="width:197px;height:220px;" |
Merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship annual

| style="width:322px;height:220px;" |
This table shows statistics on the international maritime transport. It contains data on the size of the world merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship. Data are presented in thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT). The table presents also, for each region or country 1) its share in the world fleet, and 2) the share of a ship-type in its fleet. From 2011 onwards, the figures on numbers of ships are also available, as well as the data in gross tonnage (GT). 

| style="width:322px;height:220px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:60px;" |
23

| style="width:197px;height:60px;" |
Ship scrapping

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This table shows estimates of the merchant fleet demolished between 1 January and 31 December of a given year.

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:80px;" |
24

| style="width:197px;height:80px;" |
World seaborne trade

| style="width:322px;height:80px;" |
This table shows data on the world seaborne trade by types of cargo, by country groups and by regions. Data are presented in millions of tons.

| style="width:322px;height:80px;" | 
|}

= Series used in EconDash =

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|-
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! scope="col" style="width: 551px;" | Definition 
! scope="col" style="width: 89px;" | Source 
! scope="col" style="width: 117px;" | Units
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| style="width: 170px;" | BOP (Percentage of Gross Domestic Product) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Balance of Payments as a percent of GDP 
| style="width: 89px;" |
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UNCTAD
| style="width: 117px; text-align: center;" | Percentage
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Number of products (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | A count of products exported by a country 
| style="width: 89px; text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Unit
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Number of Products (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | A count of products imported by a country 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Unit 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of concentrations of products exported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of concentrations of products imported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of diversification of goods exported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of diversification of goods imported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Real effective exchange rate indices (GDP deflator based) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by GDP with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Real effective exchange rate (CPI based) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by CPI; with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Nominal Effective Exchange Rate 
| style="width: 551px;" | Nominal Effective Exchange based on 2000 dollars 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2000) 
|}

= Series used in IFs  =

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! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Last IFs Update
! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | UsedInPreprocessor
! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Years
|- valign="TOP"
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| Foreign direct investment, inward flows
| UNCTAD STAT website
| 2011/12
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| Economic
| Foreign direct investment, inward stock
| UNCTAD STAT website
| 2011/12
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|- valign="TOP"
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| Economic
| Foreign direct investment, outward flows
| UNCTAD STAT website
| 2011/12
| align="RIGHT" | No
| 
|- valign="TOP"
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| Economic
| Foreign direct investment, outward stock
| UNCTAD STAT website
| 2011/12
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= Instructions for Pulling Raw Data =

#Go to [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ http://unctadstat.unctad.org/]
#Navigate to the data center page
#In the data center bring up the series you wish to collect.
#Click “Economy” and then check all the boxes using the top left check mark
#Click show table
#Download the csv version of the data; the excel version of this data is excel 3 Version locked and cannot be used

= References  =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T23:31:06Z

HarrySmythe:

UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. UNCTAD monitors international trade patterns, and aims to help developing economies access the benefits of the globalized economy more fairly and effectively. The statistics division of UNCTAD publishes data on various topics such as international trade, investment patterns in goods and services, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external finance resources, populations and labor force, commodities etc.<ref>Refer to “About UNCTAD” <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx></ref>

== Data source and availability ==

Data from UNCTAD and the related metadata is available here- [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html]

This data is compiled in accordance with the UNCTAD statistics handbook that is published annually.<ref>UNCTAD statistics handbook is available here://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=1414</ref> Data is published by UNCTAD annually. Commodity price data is released on a monthly basis. The trade matrix is updated twice a year, in May and September and trade indicator data is updated in June and October. The FDI data is updated every July. All data is presented in current US dollars.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD FAQ <http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Documentation.html></ref>

The export and import data published by UNCTAD are not symmetrical in all cases. This is because of the following reasons,

*Time of recording: It takes time to transport the goods. If the goods were shipped in December and arrived in January, the exports will be recorded in last year and imports will be in current year.
*Valuation: Imports are normally valued by adding insurance and freight to the value of the goods, but exports are not (only value of the goods). Therefore, normally, imports are always higher than exports
*Coverage, inclusion / exclusion of certain goods: Countries have different treatment on the inclusion and exclusion of goods (even though there is an international recommendation for this).
*Partner country attribution: The known exports destination at the time of exportation may not be where the goods go finally. The famous example is trade among Canada - USA - Mexico. The final destination of Mexican exports are sometimes unknown, so recording USA as destination, may be misleading, if the final destination is Canada (or vice-versa). However, Canada would record imports from Mexico as the country of origin.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data descriptions</ref>

 

In certain cases the FDI data is negative. This is because data on FDI flows are presented on net basis (capital transactions' credits less debits between direct investors and their foreign affiliates). Net decreases in assets or net increases in liabilities are recorded as credits (positive), while net increases in assets or net decreases in liabilities are recorded as debits (negative). Hence, FDI flows with a negative sign indicate that at least one of the three components of FDI is negative and not offset by positive amounts of the remaining components. These are called reverse investment or disinvestment.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data definitions</ref>

== Series available ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="553" style="width:553px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr. no'''

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
'''Series'''

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
'''Notes<ref>This column describes definitions and content of various datasets. These definitions are available at the UNCTAD data center metadata page.</ref>'''

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:60px;" |
1

| style="width:197px;height:60px;" |
Trade trends data

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This series includes trade data for goods and service trade. Compiled in accordance with guidelines in BPM6<ref>BPM6 here refers to the Balance of payments and International Investment Position manual 6th edition issued by the IMF.</ref>

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" | test
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:40px;" |
2

| style="width:197px;height:40px;" |
Merchandise trade matrix

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Bilateral trade data for goods by actor and trading partner

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:40px;" |
3

| style="width:197px;height:40px;" |
Service trade data

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Exports and imports by service category, value, shares and growth

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
4

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
Goods and services trade balance indicators

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
Trade balance is defined as the difference between exports f.o.b. and imports f.o.b. expressed in millions of dollars. Normalized trade balance of goods and services is defined as the trade balance (total exports less total imports) divided by the total trade (exports plus imports). 

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
5

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
Most favored nation (MFN) and effectively applied import tariff rates on non-agricultural and non-fuel products, annual, 1988 - 2014   

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
This series presents MFN (Most Favored Nation) and effectively applied import tariff rates for major categories of non-agricultural and non-fuel products by individual country (as market economy) and economic grouping (as origin), expressed in various aggregation measure

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
6

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Gross domestic Product

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Total and per capita

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
7

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Balance of payments

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This is only the current account component of the BoP.

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Exchange rates

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This series includes real and nominal exchange rates

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Inflation rates

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 This series includes the latest Consumer Price index

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Foreign Direct Investments

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This series includes both Inward and Outward FDI

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Migrant's remittances

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Personal remittances in millions of dollars

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Population

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Total and Urban population

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Labor force

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Labor force and agricultural labor force

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Commodity Prices

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Free market commodity prices annual The weights used in the construction of the indices represent the relative values of commodity exports from developing countries for the period 1999-2001.

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Share of ICT goods as a % of total trade

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This table contains the two Core Indicators on International trade defined by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development. The first of these Core Indicators is the share of ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports, while the second Core Indicator is the share of ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports, for every economy for which this information is available in the UN COMTRADE database. For information on the Partnership, please consult: [http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx]. For each economy and for both trade flows, the table provides the associated Core Indicator, as well as the value in absolute ($) term of the ICT trade flow

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ICT producing sector core indicators, annual,

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This table contains statistics on two core indicators of the ICT producing sector: the proportion (%) of total business sector workforce involved in the ICT sector, and value added in the ICT sector as a percentage of total business sector value added

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Values and shares of creative goods in trade (export and import)

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This table presents exports and imports of creative goods by individual country, geographical region and economic grouping, expressed in millions of dollars and broken down by individual trading partner or trading group. Furthermore, data are presented also as percentage of world (both as economy and trading partner), total products, and region. 

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Concentration index of creative goods

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This table provides information on concentration indices of exports and imports of creative goods. 

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Values and shares of creative services in trade (export and import)

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International trade in related services: Royalties and license fees)

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In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of royalties and license fees (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade.

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International trade in related services: Computer and information, annual, 

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In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of computer and information services (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 

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Merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship annual

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This table shows statistics on the international maritime transport. It contains data on the size of the world merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship. Data are presented in thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT). The table presents also, for each region or country 1) its share in the world fleet, and 2) the share of a ship-type in its fleet. From 2011 onwards, the figures on numbers of ships are also available, as well as the data in gross tonnage (GT). 

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Ship scrapping

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This table shows estimates of the merchant fleet demolished between 1 January and 31 December of a given year.

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World seaborne trade

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This table shows data on the world seaborne trade by types of cargo, by country groups and by regions. Data are presented in millions of tons.

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| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index
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| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Imports) 
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| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Exports) 
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| style="width: 170px;" | Real effective exchange rate indices (GDP deflator based) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by GDP with 2005 as the base year 
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= Instructions for Pulling Raw Data =

#Go to [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ http://unctadstat.unctad.org/]
#Navigate to the data center page
#In the data center bring up the series you wish to collect.
#Click “Economy” and then check all the boxes using the top left check mark
#Click show table
#Download the csv version of the data; the excel version of this data is excel 3 Version locked and cannot be used

= References  =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T23:30:38Z

HarrySmythe:

UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. UNCTAD monitors international trade patterns, and aims to help developing economies access the benefits of the globalized economy more fairly and effectively. The statistics division of UNCTAD publishes data on various topics such as international trade, investment patterns in goods and services, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external finance resources, populations and labor force, commodities etc.<ref>Refer to “About UNCTAD” <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx></ref>

== Data source and availability ==

Data from UNCTAD and the related metadata is available here- [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html]

This data is compiled in accordance with the UNCTAD statistics handbook that is published annually.<ref>UNCTAD statistics handbook is available here://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=1414</ref> Data is published by UNCTAD annually. Commodity price data is released on a monthly basis. The trade matrix is updated twice a year, in May and September and trade indicator data is updated in June and October. The FDI data is updated every July. All data is presented in current US dollars.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD FAQ <http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Documentation.html></ref>

The export and import data published by UNCTAD are not symmetrical in all cases. This is because of the following reasons,

*Time of recording: It takes time to transport the goods. If the goods were shipped in December and arrived in January, the exports will be recorded in last year and imports will be in current year.
*Valuation: Imports are normally valued by adding insurance and freight to the value of the goods, but exports are not (only value of the goods). Therefore, normally, imports are always higher than exports
*Coverage, inclusion / exclusion of certain goods: Countries have different treatment on the inclusion and exclusion of goods (even though there is an international recommendation for this).
*Partner country attribution: The known exports destination at the time of exportation may not be where the goods go finally. The famous example is trade among Canada - USA - Mexico. The final destination of Mexican exports are sometimes unknown, so recording USA as destination, may be misleading, if the final destination is Canada (or vice-versa). However, Canada would record imports from Mexico as the country of origin.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data descriptions</ref>

 

In certain cases the FDI data is negative. This is because data on FDI flows are presented on net basis (capital transactions' credits less debits between direct investors and their foreign affiliates). Net decreases in assets or net increases in liabilities are recorded as credits (positive), while net increases in assets or net decreases in liabilities are recorded as debits (negative). Hence, FDI flows with a negative sign indicate that at least one of the three components of FDI is negative and not offset by positive amounts of the remaining components. These are called reverse investment or disinvestment.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data definitions</ref>

== Series available ==

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'''Notes<ref>This column describes definitions and content of various datasets. These definitions are available at the UNCTAD data center metadata page.</ref>'''

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Trade trends data

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This series includes trade data for goods and service trade. Compiled in accordance with guidelines in BPM6<ref>BPM6 here refers to the Balance of payments and International Investment Position manual 6th edition issued by the IMF.</ref>

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Merchandise trade matrix

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Bilateral trade data for goods by actor and trading partner

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Service trade data

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Exports and imports by service category, value, shares and growth

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Goods and services trade balance indicators

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Trade balance is defined as the difference between exports f.o.b. and imports f.o.b. expressed in millions of dollars. Normalized trade balance of goods and services is defined as the trade balance (total exports less total imports) divided by the total trade (exports plus imports). 

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Most favored nation (MFN) and effectively applied import tariff rates on non-agricultural and non-fuel products, annual, 1988 - 2014   

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
This series presents MFN (Most Favored Nation) and effectively applied import tariff rates for major categories of non-agricultural and non-fuel products by individual country (as market economy) and economic grouping (as origin), expressed in various aggregation measure

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Gross domestic Product

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Total and per capita

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Balance of payments

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This is only the current account component of the BoP.

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Exchange rates

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This series includes real and nominal exchange rates

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Inflation rates

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 This series includes the latest Consumer Price index

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Foreign Direct Investments

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This series includes both Inward and Outward FDI

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Migrant's remittances

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Personal remittances in millions of dollars

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Population

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Total and Urban population

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Labor force

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Labor force and agricultural labor force

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Commodity Prices

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Free market commodity prices annual The weights used in the construction of the indices represent the relative values of commodity exports from developing countries for the period 1999-2001.

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Share of ICT goods as a % of total trade

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This table contains the two Core Indicators on International trade defined by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development. The first of these Core Indicators is the share of ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports, while the second Core Indicator is the share of ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports, for every economy for which this information is available in the UN COMTRADE database. For information on the Partnership, please consult: [http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx]. For each economy and for both trade flows, the table provides the associated Core Indicator, as well as the value in absolute ($) term of the ICT trade flow

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ICT producing sector core indicators, annual,

| style="width:322px;height:120px;" |
This table contains statistics on two core indicators of the ICT producing sector: the proportion (%) of total business sector workforce involved in the ICT sector, and value added in the ICT sector as a percentage of total business sector value added

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Values and shares of creative goods in trade (export and import)

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This table presents exports and imports of creative goods by individual country, geographical region and economic grouping, expressed in millions of dollars and broken down by individual trading partner or trading group. Furthermore, data are presented also as percentage of world (both as economy and trading partner), total products, and region. 

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Concentration index of creative goods

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This table provides information on concentration indices of exports and imports of creative goods. 

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Values and shares of creative services in trade (export and import)

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International trade in related services: Royalties and license fees)

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of royalties and license fees (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade.

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International trade in related services: Computer and information, annual, 

| style="width:322px;height:160px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of computer and information services (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 

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Merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship annual

| style="width:322px;height:220px;" |
This table shows statistics on the international maritime transport. It contains data on the size of the world merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship. Data are presented in thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT). The table presents also, for each region or country 1) its share in the world fleet, and 2) the share of a ship-type in its fleet. From 2011 onwards, the figures on numbers of ships are also available, as well as the data in gross tonnage (GT). 

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Ship scrapping

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This table shows estimates of the merchant fleet demolished between 1 January and 31 December of a given year.

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World seaborne trade

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This table shows data on the world seaborne trade by types of cargo, by country groups and by regions. Data are presented in millions of tons.

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UNCTAD
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| style="width: 170px;" | Number of products (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | A count of products exported by a country 
| style="width: 89px; text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Unit
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Number of Products (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | A count of products imported by a country 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Unit 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of concentrations of products exported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index
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| style="width: 170px;" | Concentration Index (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of concentrations of products imported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Exports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of diversification of goods exported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Diversification Index (Imports) 
| style="width: 551px;" | An index of diversification of goods imported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Real effective exchange rate indices (GDP deflator based) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by GDP with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Real effective exchange rate (CPI based) 
| style="width: 551px;" | Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by CPI; with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| style="width: 170px;" | Nominal Effective Exchange Rate 
| style="width: 551px;" | Nominal Effective Exchange based on 2000 dollars 
| style="text-align: center; width: 89px;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center; width: 117px;" | Index (Base 2000) 
|}

= Series used in IFs  =

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= Instructions for Pulling Raw Data =

#Go to [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ http://unctadstat.unctad.org/]
#Navigate to the data center page
#In the data center bring up the series you wish to collect.
#Click “Economy” and then check all the boxes using the top left check mark
#Click show table
#Download the csv version of the data; the excel version of this data is excel 3 Version locked and cannot be used

= References  =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T23:29:33Z

HarrySmythe:

UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. UNCTAD monitors international trade patterns, and aims to help developing economies access the benefits of the globalized economy more fairly and effectively. The statistics division of UNCTAD publishes data on various topics such as international trade, investment patterns in goods and services, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external finance resources, populations and labor force, commodities etc.<ref>Refer to “About UNCTAD” <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx></ref>

== Data source and availability ==

Data from UNCTAD and the related metadata is available here- [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html]

This data is compiled in accordance with the UNCTAD statistics handbook that is published annually.<ref>UNCTAD statistics handbook is available here://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=1414</ref> Data is published by UNCTAD annually. Commodity price data is released on a monthly basis. The trade matrix is updated twice a year, in May and September and trade indicator data is updated in June and October. The FDI data is updated every July. All data is presented in current US dollars.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD FAQ <http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Documentation.html></ref>

The export and import data published by UNCTAD are not symmetrical in all cases. This is because of the following reasons,

*Time of recording: It takes time to transport the goods. If the goods were shipped in December and arrived in January, the exports will be recorded in last year and imports will be in current year.
*Valuation: Imports are normally valued by adding insurance and freight to the value of the goods, but exports are not (only value of the goods). Therefore, normally, imports are always higher than exports
*Coverage, inclusion / exclusion of certain goods: Countries have different treatment on the inclusion and exclusion of goods (even though there is an international recommendation for this).
*Partner country attribution: The known exports destination at the time of exportation may not be where the goods go finally. The famous example is trade among Canada - USA - Mexico. The final destination of Mexican exports are sometimes unknown, so recording USA as destination, may be misleading, if the final destination is Canada (or vice-versa). However, Canada would record imports from Mexico as the country of origin.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data descriptions</ref>

 

In certain cases the FDI data is negative. This is because data on FDI flows are presented on net basis (capital transactions' credits less debits between direct investors and their foreign affiliates). Net decreases in assets or net increases in liabilities are recorded as credits (positive), while net increases in assets or net decreases in liabilities are recorded as debits (negative). Hence, FDI flows with a negative sign indicate that at least one of the three components of FDI is negative and not offset by positive amounts of the remaining components. These are called reverse investment or disinvestment.<ref>Refer to UNCTAD statistics handbook, data definitions</ref>

== Series available ==

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'''Sr. no'''

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'''Series'''

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'''Notes<ref>This column describes definitions and content of various datasets. These definitions are available at the UNCTAD data center metadata page.</ref>'''

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1

| style="width:197px;height:60px;" |
Trade trends data

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This series includes trade data for goods and service trade. Compiled in accordance with guidelines in BPM6<ref>BPM6 here refers to the Balance of payments and International Investment Position manual 6th edition issued by the IMF.</ref>

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" | test
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:40px;" |
2

| style="width:197px;height:40px;" |
Merchandise trade matrix

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Bilateral trade data for goods by actor and trading partner

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" | 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:40px;" |
3

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Service trade data

| style="width:322px;height:40px;" |
Exports and imports by service category, value, shares and growth

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
4

| style="width:197px;height:140px;" |
Goods and services trade balance indicators

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
Trade balance is defined as the difference between exports f.o.b. and imports f.o.b. expressed in millions of dollars. Normalized trade balance of goods and services is defined as the trade balance (total exports less total imports) divided by the total trade (exports plus imports). 

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|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
5

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Most favored nation (MFN) and effectively applied import tariff rates on non-agricultural and non-fuel products, annual, 1988 - 2014   

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
This series presents MFN (Most Favored Nation) and effectively applied import tariff rates for major categories of non-agricultural and non-fuel products by individual country (as market economy) and economic grouping (as origin), expressed in various aggregation measure

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
6

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Gross domestic Product

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
Total and per capita

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
7

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Balance of payments

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This is only the current account component of the BoP.

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
8

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Exchange rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This series includes real and nominal exchange rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
9

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Inflation rates

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
 This series includes the latest Consumer Price index

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
10

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Foreign Direct Investments

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
This series includes both Inward and Outward FDI

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
11

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Migrant's remittances

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Personal remittances in millions of dollars

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
12

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Population

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Total and Urban population

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
13

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Labor force

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Labor force and agricultural labor force

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:100px;" |
14

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Commodity Prices

| style="width:322px;height:100px;" |
Free market commodity prices annual The weights used in the construction of the indices represent the relative values of commodity exports from developing countries for the period 1999-2001.

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:380px;" |
15

| style="width:197px;height:380px;" |
Share of ICT goods as a % of total trade

| style="width:322px;height:380px;" |
This table contains the two Core Indicators on International trade defined by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development. The first of these Core Indicators is the share of ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports, while the second Core Indicator is the share of ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports, for every economy for which this information is available in the UN COMTRADE database. For information on the Partnership, please consult: [http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx]. For each economy and for both trade flows, the table provides the associated Core Indicator, as well as the value in absolute ($) term of the ICT trade flow

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:120px;" |
16

| style="width:197px;height:120px;" |
ICT producing sector core indicators, annual,

| style="width:322px;height:120px;" |
This table contains statistics on two core indicators of the ICT producing sector: the proportion (%) of total business sector workforce involved in the ICT sector, and value added in the ICT sector as a percentage of total business sector value added

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:180px;" |
17

| style="width:197px;height:180px;" |
Values and shares of creative goods in trade (export and import)

| style="width:322px;height:180px;" |
This table presents exports and imports of creative goods by individual country, geographical region and economic grouping, expressed in millions of dollars and broken down by individual trading partner or trading group. Furthermore, data are presented also as percentage of world (both as economy and trading partner), total products, and region. 

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|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:60px;" |
18

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Concentration index of creative goods

| style="width:322px;height:60px;" |
This table provides information on concentration indices of exports and imports of creative goods. 

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|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:20px;" |
19

| style="width:197px;height:20px;" |
Values and shares of creative services in trade (export and import)

| style="width:322px;height:20px;" |
  

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:140px;" |
20

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International trade in related services: Royalties and license fees)

| style="width:322px;height:140px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of royalties and license fees (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade.

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:160px;" |
21

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International trade in related services: Computer and information, annual, 

| style="width:322px;height:160px;" |
In the context of trade in services related to creative economy, this table presents exports and imports of computer and information services (including their sub-components), for individual countries, expressed in millions of dollars and as percentages of a country's total services trade. 

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:220px;" |
22

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Merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship annual

| style="width:322px;height:220px;" |
This table shows statistics on the international maritime transport. It contains data on the size of the world merchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship. Data are presented in thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT). The table presents also, for each region or country 1) its share in the world fleet, and 2) the share of a ship-type in its fleet. From 2011 onwards, the figures on numbers of ships are also available, as well as the data in gross tonnage (GT). 

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23

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Ship scrapping

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This table shows estimates of the merchant fleet demolished between 1 January and 31 December of a given year.

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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:35px;height:80px;" |
24

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World seaborne trade

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This table shows data on the world seaborne trade by types of cargo, by country groups and by regions. Data are presented in millions of tons.

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= Series used in EconDash =

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|-
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! scope="col" | Definition 
! scope="col" | Source 
! scope="col" | Units
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| BOP (Percentage of Gross Domestic Product) 
| Balance of Payments as a percent of GDP 
|
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UNCTAD
| Percentage
|-
| Number of products (Exports) 
| A count of products exported by a country 
|
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| height="20" width="64" style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD
|}

| style="text-align: center;" | Unit
|-
| Number of Products (Imports) 
| A count of products imported by a country 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Unit 
|-
| Concentration Index (Exports) 
| An index of concentrations of products exported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Index
|-
| Concentration Index (Imports) 
| An index of concentrations of products imported; a zero indicates many products, a 1 indicates few products 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Index 
|-
| Diversification Index (Exports) 
| An index of diversification of goods exported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Index 
|-
| Diversification Index (Imports) 
| An index of diversification of goods imported relative to the world; a 1 indicates greater divergence from the world pattern; a 0 indicates little divergence from the world pattern 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Index 
|-
| Real effective exchange rate indices (GDP deflator based) 
| Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by GDP with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| Real effective exchange rate (CPI based) 
| Real Effective Exchange Rate deflated by CPI; with 2005 as the base year 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Index (Base 2005) 
|-
| Nominal Effective Exchange Rate 
| Nominal Effective Exchange based on 2000 dollars 
| style="text-align: center;" | UNCTAD 
| style="text-align: center;" | Index (Base 2000) 
|}

= Series used in IFs  =

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! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Last IFs Update
! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | UsedInPreprocessor
! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Years
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| Economic
| Foreign direct investment, outward stock
| UNCTAD STAT website
| 2011/12
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| 
|}

= Instructions for Pulling Raw Data =

#Go to [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ http://unctadstat.unctad.org/]
#Navigate to the data center page
#In the data center bring up the series you wish to collect.
#Click “Economy” and then check all the boxes using the top left check mark
#Click show table
#Download the csv version of the data; the excel version of this data is excel 3 Version locked and cannot be used

= References  =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T20:35:05Z

HarrySmythe:

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-13T20:32:33Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

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'''Sr no'''

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'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

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1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Goods and services

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2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Primary income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
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3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Secondary Income

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
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4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
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| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account total (1+2+3+4)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Capital transfers

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Gross acquisitions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Capital account total (6+7+8)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts (5+9)'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
15

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
16

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Financial account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Total changes in assets and liabilities (11+12+13+14+15)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
17

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts and financial accounts (10+16)'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Balance of payments (17+18)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" | 
|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''8'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Assets'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Assets (1+2+3+4+5+6+7)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" | '''12'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" | '''Liabilities'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" | '''Total Liabilities (9+10+11)'''
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-13T04:07:12Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Goods and services

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Primary income

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Secondary Income

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account total (1+2+3+4)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Capital transfers

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Gross acquisitions

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Capital account total (6+7+8)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts (5+9)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
15

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
16

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Financial account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Total changes in assets and liabilities (11+12+13+14+15)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
17

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts and financial accounts (10+16)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Errors and omissions

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Balance of payments (17+18)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
 

|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''8'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Assets'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Assets (1+2+3+4+5+6+7)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" | '''12'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" | '''Liabilities'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" | '''Total Liabilities (9+10+11)'''
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:59:37Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:51:15Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:49:40Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:49:26Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:49:14Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:48:58Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:48:45Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:44:57Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-13T03:31:14Z

HarrySmythe:

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-09T21:08:02Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Goods and services

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Primary income

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Secondary Income

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account total (1+2+3+4)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Capital transfers

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Gross acquisitions

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Capital account total (6+7+8)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts (5+9)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
15

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
16

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Financial account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Total changes in assets and liabilities (11+12+13+14+15)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
17

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts and financial accounts (10+16)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Errors and omissions

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Balance of payments (17+18)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
 

|
 

|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''8'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Assets'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Assets (1+2+3+4+5+6+7)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" | '''12'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" | '''Liabilities'''
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" | '''Total Liabilities (9+10+11)'''
|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-08T23:20:41Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Goods and services

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Primary income

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Secondary Income

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account total (1+2+3+4)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Capital transfers

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Gross acquisitions

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Capital account total (6+7+8)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts (5+9)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
15

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
16

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Financial account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Total changes in assets and liabilities (11+12+13+14+15)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
17

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts and financial accounts (10+16)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Errors and omissions

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Balance of payments (17+18)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
 

|
 

|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''8'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Assets'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Assets (1+2+3+4+5+6+7)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP), IMF

2016-12-08T18:14:09Z

HarrySmythe:

“The '''Balance of Payments''' provides a framework that is applicable for a range of economies, from the smallest and least developed economies to the more advanced and complex economies. As a result, it is recognized that some items may not be relevant in all cases.

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that summarizes transactions between residents and nonresidents during a period. It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Under the double-entry accounting system that underlines the balance of payments, each transaction is recorded as consisting of two entries and the sum of the credit entries and the sum of the debit entries is the same.

The different accounts within the balance of payments are distinguished according to the nature of the economic resources provided and received.”<ref>See the BoP “about” sheet <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52></ref>

“The '''International Investment Position (IIP)''' is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of:

Financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is the net position in the IIP and represents either a net claim on or a net liability to the rest of the world. The IIP represents a subset of the assets and liabilities included in the national balance sheet. In addition to the IIP, the national balance sheet incorporates nonfinancial assets as well as financial assets and liabilities positions between residents.”

== Availability and data source ==

The IMF data on balance of payments and international investment positions is available here- [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1409773422141]

The data is prepared in accordance with the 6th edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual. The handbook can be accessed here, [http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525 http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&ss=1390288795525]

BoP data is available for approximately 204 economies, while IIP data is available for approximately 143 economies. Data is available for most countries from the year 1945.<ref>Refer About BoP/IIP Geographic,temporal coverage <http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52&sid=1409773422141&ss=1409773411929></ref>

== Definitions ==

'''BoP '''is a flow while '''IIP''' is a stock. Although the balance of payments accounts are, in principle, balanced, imbalances result in practice from imperfections in source data and compilation. This imbalance, a usual feature of balance of payments data, is labeled net errors and omissions and should be identified separately in published data. It should not be included indistinguishably in other items. Net errors and omissions are derived residually as net lending/net borrowing and can be derived from the financial account minus the same item derived from the current and capital accounts.<ref>Refer to “Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions Manual Version 6.”</ref>

== Series available (BoP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1054" style="width:1054px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Sub-category'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Goods and services

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Primary income

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Secondary Income

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Current Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Current Account total (1+2+3+4)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Capital transfers

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Gross acquisitions

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
8

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Capital Account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Capital account total (6+7+8)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts (5+9)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
12

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
13

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
14

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
15

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Financial account

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
16

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Financial account'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
'''Total changes in assets and liabilities (11+12+13+14+15)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:40px;" |
17

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/ borrowing'''

| style="width:448px;height:40px;" |
'''Net lending/borrowing from Current and Capital accounts and financial accounts (10+16)'''

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
18

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
Net errors and omissions

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
Errors and omissions

|
 

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
 

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:186px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Balance of payments (17+18)'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:448px;height:20px;" |
 

|
 

|}

 

== Series available (IIP) ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="444" style="width:444px;"
|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''Sr no'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Main series'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''sub-category'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
1

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
2

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
3

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
4

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
5

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Portfolio investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
6

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Reserve assets

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
7

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Assets

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
supplementary items

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
'''8'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
'''Assets'''

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
'''Total Assets (1+2+3+4+5+6+7)'''

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
9

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Direct investment

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
10

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Financial derivatives

|-
| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:48px;height:20px;" |
11

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:180px;height:20px;" |
Liabilities

| nowrap="nowrap" style="width:216px;height:20px;" |
Other investment

|}

= Instructions for Pulling BoP Raw Data =

#Go to [http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ http://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52]
#Click on "API & Bulk Download"
#Click on the "Bulk Download (entire dataset)" icon
#Login with your .edu email address. If you do not have one. You can set one up for free as long as you use and email that ends in ".edu"
#All countries is selected by default. Unless you are pulling specific countries, this is correct.
#Click on indicators and select the indicators of interest. The indicators above are all found under the first two tabs. Make sure you deselect the variables that are not of interest.
#Click okay. the download will begin.
#When the download is complete. You will receive an email, or you can click "My Data" in the top right hand corner.

= References =

<references />

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-08T16:54:06Z

HarrySmythe:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2016-12-08T16:53:12Z

HarrySmythe: