Panama Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Panama PA: BOP: Capital Account: Net
PA: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 25.200 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 24.000 USD mn for 2016. PA: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 24.000 USD mn from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2017, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 130.000 USD mn in 1992 and a record low of 1.600 USD mn in 2001. PA: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25.20 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -5.433 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -5.041 USD bn for 2016. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -415.500 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 595.100 USD mn in 1988 and a record low of -5.433 USD bn in 2017. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -5,432.80 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 6.066 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.995 USD bn for 2016. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 415.500 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.066 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of -595.100 USD mn in 1988. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6,065.50 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 9.809 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.368 % for 2016. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 4.854 % from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.229 % in 2006 and a record low of -10.082 % in 1988. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9.81 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 632.700 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 953.600 USD mn for 2016. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 148.500 USD mn from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2017, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.419 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of -173.800 USD mn in 2009. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 632.70 2017 | yearly | 1980 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 1.023 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.649 % for 2016. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 1.143 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2017, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.090 % in 2011 and a record low of -0.641 % in 2009. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.02 2017 | yearly | 1980 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 4.715 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.223 USD bn for 2015. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 456.400 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.715 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of -62.200 USD mn in 1988. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4,714.80 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Net
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -6.412 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -5.336 USD bn for 2016. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -435.100 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 369.700 USD mn in 1991 and a record low of -6.412 USD bn in 2017. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -6,412.10 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
PA: 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. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.800 USD mn in 1991 and a record low of -1.400 USD mn in 1992. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
PA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -787.700 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -68.300 USD mn for 2016. PA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -64.200 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.016 USD bn in 1986 and a record low of -3.648 USD bn in 1996. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -787.70 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
PA: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 25.880 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 17.430 USD mn for 2015. PA: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 11.370 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 142.360 USD mn in 1992 and a record low of -0.990 USD mn in 1970. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25.88 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
PA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 18.120 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.160 USD mn for 2015. PA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 14.980 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.860 USD mn in 1995 and a record low of -16.360 USD mn in 1990. PA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 18.12 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
PA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -3.401 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -2.200 USD bn for 2016. PA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -1.500 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.657 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -3.401 USD bn in 2017. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -3,401.30 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |
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Panama PA: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
PA: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -971.355 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 608.870 USD mn for 2016. PA: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -76.008 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.222 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -1.743 USD bn in 2011. PA: 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 Panama – Table PA.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| -971.35 2017 | yearly | 1977 - 2017 |