Liberia Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Liberia LR: BOP: Capital Account: Net
LR: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 104.739 USD mn in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 117.938 USD mn for 2014. LR: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 104.739 USD mn from Dec 1986 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.594 USD bn in 2010 and a record low of 0.592 USD mn in 1987. LR: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 104.74 2015 | yearly | 1979 - 2015 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -721.033 USD mn in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of -720.076 USD mn for 2014. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -119.747 USD mn from Dec 1982 (Median) to 2015, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.355 USD mn in 1986 and a record low of -1.313 USD bn in 2011. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -721.03 2015 | yearly | 1979 - 2015 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 247.843 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 311.700 USD mn for 2016. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 82.986 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.310 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of -132.130 USD mn in 1996. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 453.18 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 11.485 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14.836 % for 2016. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 14.387 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 159.719 % in 2010 and a record low of -82.892 % in 1996. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 21.57 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 54.174 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 167.663 USD mn for 2016. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 77.927 USD mn from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.518 USD bn in 2010 and a record low of -729.355 USD mn in 1998. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 41.20 2016 | yearly | 1980 - 2016 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 2.510 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.980 % for 2016. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 17.733 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 167.329 % in 1997 and a record low of -202.824 % in 1998. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.96 2016 | yearly | 1980 - 2016 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 188.402 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 141.700 USD mn for 2016. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income 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 1.157 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of -145.379 USD mn in 2014. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Net
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -1.036 USD bn in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of -912.856 USD mn for 2014. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -4.197 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2015, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.073 USD bn in 2010 and a record low of -1.036 USD bn in 2015. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -1,036.28 2015 | yearly | 1979 - 2015 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2016. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2017, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.050 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of -1.097 USD mn in 2010. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1979 - 2015 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
LR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -0.121 USD mn in 1986. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.095 USD mn for 1985. LR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -0.114 USD mn from Dec 1983 (Median) to 1986, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -0.095 USD mn in 1985 and a record low of -0.146 USD mn in 1984. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2015 | yearly | 1979 - 2015 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
LR: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 607.050 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 798.370 USD mn for 2015. LR: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 45.010 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.626 USD bn in 2010 and a record low of -0.090 USD mn in 1966. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 607.05 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
LR: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 34.310 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 30.750 USD mn for 2015. LR: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 17.740 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 54.060 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of 0.240 USD mn in 1961. LR: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Liberia – Table LR.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 34.31 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
LR: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -281.389 USD mn in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 580.640 USD mn for 2014. LR: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -26.818 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2015, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 580.640 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of -340.650 USD mn in 2012. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| -281.39 2015 | yearly | 1979 - 2015 |
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Liberia LR: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
LR: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -9.051 USD mn in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of -53.231 USD mn for 2014. LR: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -32.711 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2015, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.003 USD bn in 2010 and a record low of -379.927 USD mn in 2006. LR: 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 Liberia – Table LR.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -9.05 2015 | yearly | 1979 - 2015 |