Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Capital Account: Net
VC: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 7.924 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11.506 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 7.704 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 71.090 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1985. VC: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7.92 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -90.148 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of -47.764 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -37.744 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.500 USD mn in 1978 and a record low of -159.243 USD mn in 2008. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -90.15 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 91.413 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 54.479 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 37.744 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 159.243 USD mn in 2008 and a record low of -0.500 USD mn in 1978. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 91.41 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 11.941 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.200 % for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 9.525 % from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.590 % in 1997 and a record low of -0.822 % in 1978. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11.94 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 1.265 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.715 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.370 USD mn from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.309 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2005. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.27 2016 | yearly | 2000 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.165 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.887 % for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.051 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.146 % in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2005. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.17 2016 | yearly | 2000 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 4.204 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.222 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 7.423 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.906 USD mn in 2004 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1985. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4.20 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Net
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -50.004 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of -76.362 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -39.572 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.574 USD mn in 1985 and a record low of -186.311 USD mn in 2013. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -50.00 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at -3.914 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.182 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.182 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of -3.914 USD mn in 2016. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.World Bank: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| -3.91 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
VC: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -6.495 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of -13.354 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -1.005 USD mn from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2016, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.196 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of -33.170 USD mn in 2004. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| -6.49 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
VC: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 14.300 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.950 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 4.680 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2016, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.800 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of 1.250 USD mn in 1984. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14.30 2016 | yearly | 1974 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
VC: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 2.250 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.050 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 1.880 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2016, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.200 USD mn in 2009 and a record low of 0.230 USD mn in 1974. VC: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.25 2016 | yearly | 1974 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
VC: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 63.840 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 24.881 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 1.874 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.840 USD mn in 2016 and a record low of -20.376 USD mn in 2005. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 63.84 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
VC: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 20.928 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.420 USD mn for 2015. VC: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 1.926 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.228 USD mn in 2010 and a record low of -28.349 USD mn in 2011. VC: 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Table VC.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 20.93 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |