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  • Net financial account > BoP, current US$: Net financial account (BoP, current US$). 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.
  • Net financial account > BoP, current US$ per capita: Net financial account (BoP, current US$). The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Net financial account > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Net financial account (BoP, current US$). The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Net primary income > BoP, current US$: Net primary income (BoP, current US$). Net primary income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Net primary income > BoP, current US$ per million: Net primary income (BoP, current US$). Net primary income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Net secondary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Net secondary income (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Portfolio Investment, net > BoP, current US$: Portfolio Investment, net (BoP, current US$). Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Portfolio Investment, net > BoP, current US$ per million: Portfolio Investment, net (BoP, current US$). Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Portfolio Investment, net > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Portfolio Investment, net (BoP, current US$). Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Portfolio equity, net inflows > BoP, current US$: Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Portfolio equity, net inflows > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Reserves and related items > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$). Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Secondary income receipts > BoP, current US$: Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Secondary income receipts > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Secondary income, other sectors, payments > BoP, current US$: Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts > BoP, current US$: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$). Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Net secondary income > BoP, current US$: Net secondary income (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Primary income receipts > BoP, current US$: Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$). Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Insurance and financial services > % of service imports, BoP: Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP). Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents.
  • Net errors and omissions > BoP, current US$: Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$). Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Reserves and related items > BoP, current US$: Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$). Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Foreign direct investment, net inflows > % of GDP: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP). Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.
  • Net primary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Net primary income (BoP, current US$). Net primary income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Reserves and related items > BoP, current US$ per capita: Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$). Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Net secondary income > BoP, current US$ per capita: Net secondary income (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Primary income receipts > BoP, current US$ per capita: Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$). Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Primary income receipts > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$). Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts > BoP, current US$ per capita: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$). Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$). Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$ per capita: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Secondary income, other sectors, payments > BoP, current US$ per capita: Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Secondary income, other sectors, payments > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Net errors and omissions > BoP, current US$ per million: Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$). Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Net errors and omissions > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$). Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Portfolio equity, net inflows > BoP, current US$ per capita: Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Secondary income receipts > BoP, current US$ per capita: Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$). Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT Australia Singapore HISTORY
Net financial account > BoP, current US$ $-56,974,060,199.11
Ranked 144th.
$54.57 billion
Ranked 9th.

Net financial account > BoP, current US$ per capita $-2,511.69
Ranked 147th.
$10,271.80
Ranked 6th.

Net financial account > BoP, current US$, % of GDP -3.747%
Ranked 80th.
19.86%
Ranked 3rd.

Net primary income > BoP, current US$ $-38,682,812,550.30
Ranked 146th. 12 times more than Singapore
$-3,136,492,467.72
Ranked 111th.

Net primary income > BoP, current US$ per million $-1,705,320,696.46
Ranked 142nd. 3 times more than Singapore
$-590,409,695.75
Ranked 126th.

Net secondary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP -0.0938%
Ranked 101st.
-2.45%
Ranked 134th. 26 times more than Australia

Portfolio Investment, net > BoP, current US$ $-12,072,916,531.96
Ranked 123th.
$49.17 billion
Ranked 7th.

Portfolio Investment, net > BoP, current US$ per million $-532,231,062.62
Ranked 116th.
$9.26 billion
Ranked 4th.

Portfolio Investment, net > BoP, current US$, % of GDP -0.794%
Ranked 74th.
17.9%
Ranked 5th.

Portfolio equity, net inflows > BoP, current US$ $15.17 billion
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Singapore
$2.85 billion
Ranked 28th.

Portfolio equity, net inflows > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 0.998%
Ranked 20th.
1.04%
Ranked 17th. 4% more than Australia

Reserves and related items > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 0.167%
Ranked 75th.
9.55%
Ranked 5th. 57 times more than Australia

Secondary income receipts > BoP, current US$ $7.36 billion
Ranked 31st. 23% more than Singapore
$5.96 billion
Ranked 37th.

Secondary income receipts > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 0.484%
Ranked 126th.
2.17%
Ranked 92nd. 4 times more than Australia

Secondary income, other sectors, payments > BoP, current US$ $7.26 billion
Ranked 21st.
$12.42 billion
Ranked 17th. 71% more than Australia

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts > BoP, current US$ $965.17 million
Ranked 20th.
$1.65 billion
Ranked 15th. 71% more than Australia

Net secondary income > BoP, current US$ $-1,426,487,340.31
Ranked 117th.
$-6,731,423,688.05
Ranked 135th. 5 times more than Australia

Primary income receipts > BoP, current US$ $42.10 billion
Ranked 21st.
$69.53 billion
Ranked 14th. 65% more than Australia

Insurance and financial services > % of service imports, BoP 2.42%
Ranked 126th.
6.31%
Ranked 66th. 3 times more than Australia

Net errors and omissions > BoP, current US$ $1.21 billion
Ranked 19th.
$3.13 billion
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Australia

Reserves and related items > BoP, current US$ $2.54 billion
Ranked 33th.
$26.22 billion
Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Australia

Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$ $56.60 billion
Ranked 7th.
$56.65 billion
Ranked 6th. The same as Australia

Foreign direct investment, net inflows > % of GDP 3.69%
Ranked 78th.
20.62%
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Australia

Net primary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP -2.544%
Ranked 78th. 2 times more than Singapore
-1.142%
Ranked 50th.

Reserves and related items > BoP, current US$ per capita $111.78
Ranked 45th.
$4,936.07
Ranked 4th. 44 times more than Australia

Net secondary income > BoP, current US$ per capita $-62.89
Ranked 109th.
$-1,267.12
Ranked 141st. 20 times more than Australia

Primary income receipts > BoP, current US$ per capita $1,855.82
Ranked 27th.
$13,087.50
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Australia

Primary income receipts > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 2.77%
Ranked 49th.
25.31%
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Australia

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts > BoP, current US$ per capita $42.55
Ranked 24th.
$310.40
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Australia

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 0.0635%
Ranked 36th.
0.6%
Ranked 9th. 9 times more than Australia

Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$ per capita $2,494.99
Ranked 11th.
$10,663.93
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Australia

Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 3.72%
Ranked 76th.
20.62%
Ranked 7th. 6 times more than Australia

Secondary income, other sectors, payments > BoP, current US$ per capita $320.12
Ranked 35th.
$2,337.54
Ranked 7th. 7 times more than Australia

Secondary income, other sectors, payments > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 0.478%
Ranked 93th.
4.52%
Ranked 8th. 9 times more than Australia

Net errors and omissions > BoP, current US$ per million $53.29 million
Ranked 39th.
$589.31 million
Ranked 8th. 11 times more than Australia

Net errors and omissions > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 0.0795%
Ranked 66th.
1.14%
Ranked 35th. 14 times more than Australia

Portfolio equity, net inflows > BoP, current US$ per capita $668.92
Ranked 9th. 25% more than Singapore
$536.59
Ranked 14th.

Secondary income receipts > BoP, current US$ per capita $324.31
Ranked 64th.
$1,122.69
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Australia

SOURCES: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics. World Bank World Development Indicators.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics. World Bank World Development Indicators. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources. World Bank World Development Indicators.; International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates. World Bank World Development Indicators.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources. World Bank World Development Indicators. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources. World Bank World Development Indicators. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics. World Bank World Development Indicators. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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