Kuwait Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Kuwait KW: BOP: Capital Account: Net
KW: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at -446.768 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -645.840 USD mn for 2016. KW: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 743.686 USD mn from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2017, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.461 USD bn in 2013 and a record low of -645.840 USD mn in 2016. KW: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kuwait – Table KW.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; 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 |
|---|---|---|
| -645.84 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at 6.599 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.111 USD bn for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 247.768 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.214 USD bn in 2013 and a record low of -4.893 USD bn in 2003. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kuwait – Table KW.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 total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6,110.60 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 113.012 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 292.027 USD mn for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 6.151 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.259 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of -111.516 USD mn in 2001. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 292.03 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.094 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.263 % for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.028 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.116 % in 2011 and a record low of -0.320 % in 2001. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.26 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 7.038 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.403 USD bn for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 247.768 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.648 USD bn in 2013 and a record low of -4.960 USD bn in 2003. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6,402.63 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 5.859 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.773 % for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 1.384 % from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.559 % in 2013 and a record low of -10.360 % in 2003. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.77 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Net
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at 25.462 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -3.542 USD bn for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 7.548 USD bn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 84.033 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of -37.468 USD bn in 1991. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -3,542.24 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 405.467 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -32.443 USD mn for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 40 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.955 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of -32.443 USD mn in 2016. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -32.44 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
KW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at 25.716 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 20.334 USD bn for 2016. KW: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 2.114 USD bn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.702 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -394.111 USD mn in 1994. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 20,334.02 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
KW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 18.318 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -3.538 USD bn for 2016. KW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -836.135 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.318 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of -10.990 USD bn in 1991. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -3,538.11 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Kuwait KW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
KW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 1.898 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.049 USD bn for 2016. KW: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 619.333 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.471 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of -2.829 USD bn in 2015. KW: 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 Kuwait – Table KW.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3,049.34 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |