Barbados Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 224.900 USD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 200.000 USD mn for 2022. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 36.650 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 753.687 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 2.398 USD mn in 1974. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 224.900 2023 | yearly | 1970 - 2023 |
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BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 3.518 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.424 % for 2022. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 2.945 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.996 % in 2014 and a record low of 0.344 % in 1985. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3.518 2023 | yearly | 1970 - 2023 |
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BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 15.000 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 17.664 USD mn for 2021. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 2.450 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 560.212 USD mn in 2011 and a record low of -116.345 USD mn in 2017. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15.000 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
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BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.125 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.257 % for 2022. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.162 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.016 % in 2011 and a record low of -2.327 % in 2017. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.125 2023 | yearly | 1970 - 2023 |
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BB: BOP: Financial Account: Net
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -432.602 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -399.208 USD mn for 2016. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -44.326 USD mn from Dec 1967 (Median) to 2017, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 222.903 USD mn in 1996 and a record low of -835.492 USD mn in 2014. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -432.602 2017 | yearly | 1967 - 2017 |
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BB: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 2.576 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.534 USD mn for 2016. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 147.896 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of -4.800 USD mn in 2005. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.576 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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BB: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
BB: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at 67.991 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 124.558 USD mn for 2016. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 1.070 USD mn from Dec 1967 (Median) to 2017, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 342.081 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of -542.406 USD mn in 2005. BB: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Barbados – Table BB.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 67.991 2017 | yearly | 1967 - 2017 |
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Barbados BB: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
BB: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 13.760 USD mn in 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.170 USD mn for 2009. BB: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 1.380 USD mn from Dec 1966 (Median) to 2010, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.650 USD mn in 1993 and a record low of 0.100 USD mn in 1967. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 13.760 2010 | yearly | 1966 - 2010 |
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Barbados BB: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
BB: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 1.850 USD mn in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.210 USD mn for 2009. BB: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 1.880 USD mn from Dec 1966 (Median) to 2010, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.910 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of 0.450 USD mn in 1968. BB: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.850 2010 | yearly | 1966 - 2010 |
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BB: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
BB: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -132.480 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 40.046 USD mn for 2016. BB: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 18.897 USD mn from Dec 1967 (Median) to 2017, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 185.214 USD mn in 2008 and a record low of -322.506 USD mn in 2010. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -132.480 2017 | yearly | 1967 - 2017 |
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BB: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
BB: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -249.487 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -106.512 USD mn for 2016. BB: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 6.017 USD mn from Dec 1967 (Median) to 2017, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 222.754 USD mn in 2001 and a record low of -249.487 USD mn in 2017. BB: 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 Barbados – Table BB.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -249.487 2017 | yearly | 1967 - 2017 |