Afghanistan Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 20.601 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.970 USD mn for 2020. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.680 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2021, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 271.000 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of -1.460 USD mn in 1997. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 20.601 2021 | yearly | 1970 - 2021 |
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BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.144 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.065 % for 2020. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.454 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2021, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.369 % in 2005 and a record low of 0.005 % in 2000. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.144 2021 | yearly | 2000 - 2021 |
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BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 30.791 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 37.228 USD mn for 2020. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2021, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.804 USD mn in 2018 and a record low of -8.861 USD mn in 2012. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 30.791 2021 | yearly | 1979 - 2021 |
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BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.216 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.187 % for 2020. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.011 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2021, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.216 % in 2021 and a record low of -0.045 % in 2012. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.216 2021 | yearly | 2003 - 2021 |
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Afghanistan BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 1.166 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.222 USD mn for 2016. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 44 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.492 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2013. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.166 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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BOP: Financial Account: Net
AF: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at 613.785 USD mn in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 59.979 USD mn for 2019. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 52.939 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2020, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.347 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of -319.690 USD mn in 1986. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 613.785 2020 | yearly | 1979 - 2020 |
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BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
AF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2019. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2020, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD mn in 2020 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2020. AF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.000 2020 | yearly | 1979 - 2020 |
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BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
AF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 3.750 USD bn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.329 USD bn for 2021. AF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 105.110 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.874 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of -1.440 USD mn in 1981. AF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 3,749.710 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
AF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 226.460 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 244.120 USD mn for 2021. AF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 30.410 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.062 USD bn in 2005 and a record low of 1.510 USD mn in 1960. AF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 226.460 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
AF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 2.997 USD bn in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.658 USD bn for 2019. AF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 207.050 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2020, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.631 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of -882.951 USD mn in 2009. AF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 2,997.399 2020 | yearly | 1979 - 2020 |
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BOP: Reserves and Related Items
AF: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 499.585 USD mn in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 96.782 USD mn for 2019. AF: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 83.479 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2020, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.378 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of -259.018 USD mn in 2015. AF: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 499.585 2020 | yearly | 1979 - 2020 |