Nicaragua Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Nicaragua NI: BOP: Capital Account: Net
NI: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 166.200 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 202.200 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 342.750 USD mn from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2017, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.481 USD bn in 1996 and a record low of 2.800 USD mn in 1986. NI: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 166.20 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -816.200 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -835.100 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -245.550 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -0.100 USD mn in 1983 and a record low of -928.600 USD mn in 2011. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -816.20 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 896.600 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 898.900 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 44.350 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 949.900 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of -0.090 USD mn in 1988. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 896.60 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 6.490 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.818 % for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 4.633 % from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2017, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.579 % in 2011 and a record low of 0.066 % in 1990. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6.49 2017 | yearly | 1989 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 80.400 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 63.800 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 21.000 USD mn from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 150.100 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of -29.100 USD mn in 2009. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 80.40 2017 | yearly | 2005 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.582 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.484 % for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.310 % from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.367 % in 2013 and a record low of -0.351 % in 2009. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.58 2017 | yearly | 2005 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 167.200 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 161.700 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 28.350 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 177.000 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1991. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 161.70 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Net
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -870.600 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.023 USD bn for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -478.700 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.803 USD bn in 1996 and a record low of -1.561 USD bn in 2012. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -870.60 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at -0.300 USD mn in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2004. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2012, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD mn in 2004 and a record low of -0.300 USD mn in 2012. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -0.30 2012 | yearly | 1977 - 2012 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
NI: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at 2.500 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 145.800 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 2.500 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2017, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 219.200 USD mn in 2011 and a record low of -160.700 USD mn in 1997. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.50 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
NI: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 225.980 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 209.620 USD mn for 2015. NI: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 139.320 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.706 USD bn in 2007 and a record low of -1.410 USD mn in 1976. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 225.98 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
NI: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 46.590 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 37.910 USD mn for 2015. NI: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 37.910 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 142.260 USD mn in 1992 and a record low of 0.380 USD mn in 1961. NI: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 46.59 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
NI: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -342.800 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -236.010 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -74.680 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 320.066 USD mn in 1997 and a record low of -667.900 USD mn in 2012. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -342.80 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Nicaragua NI: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
NI: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 313.338 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -22.944 USD mn for 2016. NI: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -401.940 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 384.628 USD mn in 2009 and a record low of -1.519 USD bn in 1994. NI: 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 Nicaragua – Table NI.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 313.34 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |