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Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova in 2021 (preliminary quarterly data)

          Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova in 2021 (preliminary quarterly data) [1]
          (tables and charts are available in English)

Statistical bulletin Nr. 1, 2022 (see Chapter I) [2]


According to preliminary data, in 2021, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 1 590,13 million (US$ 336,31 in Quarter IV, 2021), increased by 78,2% (+5,9% in Quarter IV, 2021). As a ratio to GDP, the current account amounted to -11,6%.

The capital account registered a negative balance amounting to US$ 50,96 million (US$ 9,31 in Quarter IV, 2021), and the financial account recorded a net capital inflow of US$ 1 602,58 million (US$ 301,44 in Quarter IV, 2021).


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

 

2020

IV

2021

I*

2021

II*

2021

III*

2021

IV

 

2020
 

 

2021
 

2021 IV / 2020 IV
(%)

2021 /

2020

 (%)

CURRENT ACCOUNT

-317,44

-345,32

-502,55

-405,95

-336,31

-892,51

-1 590,13

105,9

178,2

  Goods

-896,90

-903,99

-1 113,88

-1 070,33

-1 102,15

-3 094,26

-4 190,35

122,9

135,4

  Services

98,92

97,92

113,53

139,06

107,03

382,31

457,54

108,2

119,7

  Primary income

54,96

101,30

47,10

83,88

144,57

390,35

376,85

263,0

96,5

  Secondary income

425,58

359,45

450,70

441,44

514,24

1 429,09

1 765,83

120,8

123,6

CAPITAL ACCOUNT

-21,38

-8,36

-12,84

-20,45

-9,31

-65,67

-50,96

43,5

77,6

Net borrowing (current and capital account balance)

-338,82

-353,68

-515,39

-426,40

-345,62

-958,18

-1 641,09

102,0

171,3

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-374,59

-406,01

-526,69

-368,44

-301,44

-1 042,13

-1 602,58

80,5

153,8

   Direct investment, net

-108,84

-48,89

-74,62

-72,62

-42,75

-151,72

-238,88

39,3

157,4

   Portfolio investment, net

0,14

-0,24

1,96

0,02

-6,68

0,86

-4,94

-4771,4

-574,4

   Financial derivatives, net

-0,09

-0,17

-0,26

-0,56

-0,41

-0,41

-1,40

455,6

341,5

   Other investment, net

-535,30

-322,15

-504,77

-511,90

-224,32

-1 528,27

-1 563,14

41,9

102,3

   Change in reserve assets

269,50

-34,56

51,00

216,62

-27,28

637,41

205,78

-10,1

32,3

Net errors and omissions

-35,77

-52,33

-11,30

57,96

44,18

-83,95

38,51

-123,5

-45,9

 

% GDP

p.p.

CURRENT ACCOUNT

-9,8

-12,6

-15,7

-10,3

-8,9

-7,7

-11,6

0,9

-3,9

  Goods

-27,6

-32,9

-34,8

-27,2

-29,1

-26,8

-30,6

-1,5

-3,8

  Services

3,0

3,6

3,6

3,5

2,8

3,3

3,3

-0,2

0,0

  Primary income

1,7

3,7

1,5

2,1

3,8

3,4

2,8

2,1

-0,6

  Secondary income

13,1

13,1

14,1

11,2

13,6

12,4

12,9

0,5

0,5

CAPITAL ACCOUNT

-0,7

-0,3

-0,4

-0,5

-0,2

-0,6

-0,4

0,5

0,2

Net borrowing (current and capital account balance)

-10,4

-12,9

-16,1

-10,8

-9,1

-8,3

-12,0

1,3

-3,7

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-11,5

-14,8

-16,5

-9,4

-7,9

-9,0

-11,7

3,6

-2,7

   Direct investment, net

-3,4

-1,8

-2,3

-1,8

-1,1

-1,3

-1,7

2,3

-0,4

   Portfolio investment and financial derivatives, net

0,0

0,0

0,1

0,0

-0,2

0,0

0,0

-0,2

0,0

   Other investment, net

-16,5

-11,7

-15,8

-13,0

-5,9

-13,3

-11,4

10,6

1,9

   Change in reserve assets

8,3

-1,3

1,6

5,5

-0,7

5,5

1,5

-9,0

-4,0

p.p. – percentage points
* revised data

 

Time series in the Interactive database:

  • Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) in standard presentation [3]
  • Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) in detailed presentation [4]
  • Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) in analytic presentation [5]

 

Details on developments in international accounts are available here:

  • International accounts of the Republic of Moldova in 2021 (preliminary quarterly data) [6]
See also
Tags
  • statistics [7]
  • balance of payments [8]
  • macroeconomic indicators [9]
  • external sector [10]
  • current account [11]
  • external trade [12]
  • export [13]
  • import [14]
  • remittances [15]
  • financial account [16]
  • foreign direct investment [17]
  • loans [18]

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