Pakistan Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Pakistan PK: BOP: Capital Account: Net
PK: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 408.000 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 232.000 USD mn for 2016. PK: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 166.542 USD mn from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2017, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.961 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 2.031 USD mn in 1993. PK: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 408.00 2017 | yearly | 1976 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -2.763 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -2.436 USD bn for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -438.029 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -8.221 USD mn in 1976 and a record low of -5.492 USD bn in 2007. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| -2,763.00 2017 | yearly | 1976 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 2.815 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.488 USD bn for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 342.518 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.590 USD bn in 2007 and a record low of -4.000 USD mn in 1973. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2,815.00 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.923 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.893 % for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.573 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.668 % in 2007 and a record low of -0.063 % in 1973. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.92 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 52.000 USD mn in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 52.000 USD mn for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 25.500 USD mn from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2017, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 212.000 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of -24.314 USD mn in 1997. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 52.00 2017 | yearly | 1984 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.017 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.019 % for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.028 % from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2017, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.107 % in 1989 and a record low of -0.039 % in 1997. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.02 2017 | yearly | 1984 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 3.224 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.415 USD bn for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 192.691 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.641 USD bn in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1975. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3,259.00 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Net
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -15.837 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -6.108 USD bn for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -1.479 USD bn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.868 USD bn in 2002 and a record low of -15.837 USD bn in 2017. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -15,837.00 2017 | yearly | 1976 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at -389.000 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -339.000 USD mn for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 13.677 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.276 USD bn in 2007 and a record low of -389.000 USD mn in 2017. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -389.00 2017 | yearly | 1976 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
PK: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -1.200 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -153.000 USD mn for 2016. PK: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -113.676 USD mn from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2017, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 722.000 USD mn in 2002 and a record low of -3.835 USD bn in 2014. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -1,200.00 2017 | yearly | 1976 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
PK: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 1.766 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.888 USD bn for 2015. PK: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 257.360 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.923 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of 22.780 USD mn in 1968. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,766.35 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
PK: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 279.420 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 245.060 USD mn for 2015. PK: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 142.390 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 318.280 USD mn in 1992 and a record low of 1.390 USD mn in 1960. PK: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 279.42 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
PK: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -427.000 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 754.000 USD mn for 2016. PK: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 4.253 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.012 USD bn in 1998 and a record low of -733.000 USD mn in 2010. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -427.00 2017 | yearly | 1976 - 2017 |
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Pakistan PK: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
PK: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -4.033 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.416 USD bn for 2016. PK: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -127.473 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.099 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -9.005 USD bn in 2008. PK: 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 Pakistan – Table PK.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -4,032.86 2017 | yearly | 1976 - 2017 |