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17.12.2021

Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova in 2020 (final data)



Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova in 2020 (final data)
(tables and charts are available in English)


In 2020, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 892,51 million, which is -7,5% as a ratio to GDP (-9,3% in 2019). The capital account registered a negative balance amounting to US$ 65,67 million, and the financial account recorded a net capital inflow of US$ 1 042,13 million.


Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)

 

2016*

2017*

2018*

2019*

2020*

2020 / 2019 (%)

CURRENT ACCOUNT

-288,42

-555,39

-1 211,87

-1 111,56

-892,51

80,3

  Goods

-2 078,69

-2 558,81

-3 294,00

-3 311,62

-3 094,26

93,4

  Services

220,59

304,25

355,99

351,19

382,31

108,9

  Primary income

445,97

555,84

535,79

614,96

390,35

63,5

  Secondary income

1 123,71

1 143,33

1 190,35

1 233,91

1 429,09

115,8

CAPITAL ACCOUNT

-17,80

-21,34

-35,85

-54,99

-65,67

119,4

Net borrowing (current and capital account balance)

-306,22

-576,73

-1 247,72

-1 166,55

-958,18

82,1

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-374,25

-500,37

-1 200,93

-1 148,95

-1 042,13

90,7

   Direct investment, net

-74,11

-138,65

-259,11

-467,93

-151,72

32,4

   Portfolio investment, net

-0,36

-0,27

3,60

4,72

0,86

18,2

   Financial derivatives, net

0,49

-0,43

1,09

0,30

-0,41

-

   Other investment, net

-831,41

-892,22

-1 182,04

-746,53

-1 528,27

204,7

   Change in reserve assets

531,14

531,20

235,53

60,49

637,41

1 053,7

Net errors and omissions

-68,03

76,36

46,79

17,60

-83,95

-

Personal remittances, credit

1 387,28

1 555,98

1 744,56

1 817,35

1 810,18

99,6

 

% to GDP

p.p.

CURRENT ACCOUNT

-3,6

-5,7

-10,6

-9,3

-7,5

1,8

  Goods

-25,8

-26,4

-28,8

-27,7

-26,0

1,7

  Services

2,7

3,1

3,1

2,9

3,2

0,3

  Primary income

5,5

5,7

4,7

5,1

3,3

-1,8

  Secondary income

13,9

11,8

10,4

10,3

12,0

1,7

CAPITAL ACCOUNT

-0,2

-0,2

-0,3

-0,5

-0,6

-0,1

Net borrowing (current and capital account balance)

-3,8

-6,0

-10,9

-9,7

-8,0

1,7

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-4,6

-5,2

-10,5

-9,6

-8,7

0,9

   Direct investment, net

-0,9

-1,4

-2,3

-3,9

-1,3

2,6

   Portfolio investment and financial derivatives, net

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

   Other investment, net

-10,3

-9,2

-10,3

-6,2

-12,8

-6,6

   Change in reserve assets

6,6

5,5

2,1

0,5

5,3

4,8

Personal remittances, credit

17,2

16,1

15,2

15,2

15,2

0,0

p.p. – percentage points
* revised data


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