Balance of payments for 2018 (final data) [1]
In 2018, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit amounting to US$ 1 211,37 million, the capital account registered a deficit of US$ 35,94 million, and the financial account recorded a net capital inflow of US$ 1 185,40 million.
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)
|
|
2014* |
2015* |
2016* |
2017* |
2018* |
2018 / 2017 (%) |
|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-568,30 |
-462,84 |
-282,30 |
-555,32 |
-1 211,37 |
218,1 |
|
Goods |
-3 040,71 |
-2 123,73 |
-2 078,69 |
-2 558,81 |
-3 294,00 |
128,7 |
|
Services |
127,15 |
132,27 |
226,71 |
311,43 |
361,62 |
116,1 |
|
Primary income |
822,33 |
449,48 |
445,97 |
557,71 |
548,56 |
98,4 |
|
Secondary income |
1 522,93 |
1 079,14 |
1 123,71 |
1 134,35 |
1 172,45 |
103,4 |
|
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
147,18 |
54,87 |
-17,80 |
-21,34 |
-35,94 |
168,4 |
|
Net borrowing (current and capital account) |
-421,12 |
-407,97 |
-300,10 |
-576,66 |
-1 247,31 |
216,3 |
|
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-468,43 |
-463,75 |
-374,25 |
-507,66 |
-1 185,40 |
233,5 |
|
Direct investment, net |
-304,30 |
-218,26 |
-75,06 |
-143,63 |
-269,63 |
187,7 |
|
Portfolio investment, net |
-7,23 |
-4,04 |
-0,36 |
-0,27 |
3,60 |
- |
|
Financial derivatives, net |
-0,61 |
-0,70 |
0,49 |
-0,43 |
1,09 |
- |
|
Other investment, net |
382,16 |
65,74 |
-830,46 |
-894,53 |
-1 155,99 |
129,2 |
|
Change in reserve assets |
-538,45 |
-306,49 |
531,14 |
531,20 |
235,53 |
44,3 |
|
Net errors and omissions |
-47,31 |
-55,78 |
-74,15 |
69,00 |
61,91 |
89,7 |
|
|
% to GDP** |
p.p. |
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|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-6,0 |
-6,0 |
-3,5 |
-5,7 |
-10,6 |
-4,9 |
|
Goods |
-32,0 |
-27,4 |
-25,8 |
-26,4 |
-28,8 |
-2,4 |
|
Services |
1,3 |
1,7 |
2,8 |
3,2 |
3,2 |
0,0 |
|
Primary income |
8,6 |
5,8 |
5,5 |
5,8 |
4,8 |
-1,0 |
|
Secondary income |
16,0 |
13,9 |
13,9 |
11,7 |
10,2 |
-1,5 |
|
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
1,5 |
0,7 |
-0,2 |
-0,2 |
-0,3 |
-0,1 |
|
Net borrowing (current and capital account) |
-4,4 |
-5,3 |
-3,7 |
-6,0 |
-10,9 |
-4,9 |
|
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-4,9 |
-6,0 |
-4,6 |
-5,2 |
-10,4 |
-5,2 |
|
Direct investment, net |
-3,2 |
-2,8 |
-0,9 |
-1,5 |
-2,4 |
-0,9 |
|
Portfolio investment and financial derivatives, net |
-0,1 |
-0,1 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
|
Other investment, net |
4,0 |
0,8 |
-10,3 |
-9,2 |
-10,1 |
-0,9 |
|
Change in reserve assets |
-5,7 |
-4,0 |
6,6 |
5,5 |
2,1 |
-3,4 |
Note: p.p - percentage points
*revised data
** SNA 2008
Time series in the Interactive database: