Quarterly transactions in trade in goods and services, primary, secondary and investment income, transactions with EU and non-EU countries and capital account.

This statistic shows the predicted year on year change in balance of payments current account as percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017 to 2023. A decrease is to be expected throughout the entire period.

Quarterly summary of balance of payments accounts including the current account, capital transfers, transactions, and levels of UK external assets and liabilities.

United Kingdom UK: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at -1.747 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -2.171 USD bn for 2016. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 90.478 USD mn from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2017, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.595 USD bn in 1996 and a record low of -3.102 USD bn in 2014. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: 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.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Equity: Central Bank data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Equity: Central Bank data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Mar 1999 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 56 observations. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Equity: Central Bank data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Loans: Deposit Taking Corporations excl Central Bank data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Loans: Deposit Taking Corporations excl Central Bank data is updated quarterly, averaging 48.634 USD mn from Mar 1970 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.896 USD bn in Mar 2015 and a record low of -63.095 USD bn in Jun 2015. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Loans: Deposit Taking Corporations excl Central Bank data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Other Accounts Payable: Other Sectors: Financial Corporations: Long Term data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Other Accounts Payable: Other Sectors: Financial Corporations: Long Term data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Mar 1999 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 56 observations. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Other Accounts Payable: Other Sectors: Financial Corporations: Long Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Currency & Deposits: Central Bank: Short Term data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Currency & Deposits: Central Bank: Short Term data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Mar 1999 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 56 observations. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Currency & Deposits: Central Bank: Short Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Trade Credit & Advances: Other Sectors: Financial Corporations data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Trade Credit & Advances: Other Sectors: Financial Corporations data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Mar 1999 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 56 observations. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Trade Credit & Advances: Other Sectors: Financial Corporations data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Currency & Deposits: Other Sectors: Non Financial Corporations, Households & NPISHs: Long Term data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Currency & Deposits: Other Sectors: Non Financial Corporations, Households & NPISHs: Long Term data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Mar 1999 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 56 observations. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Currency & Deposits: Other Sectors: Non Financial Corporations, Households & NPISHs: Long Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 5.608 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.977 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 2.574 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.722 % in 2000 and a record low of -3.769 % in 2014. United Kingdom UK: 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 United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: 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).

UK: BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Financial Corporations, Non Financial Corporations, Households & NPISHs: Other Current Transfers: Social Benefits data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Sep 2017. UK: BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Financial Corporations, Non Financial Corporations, Households & NPISHs: Other Current Transfers: Social Benefits data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Mar 1999 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 56 observations. UK: BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Financial Corporations, Non Financial Corporations, Households & NPISHs: Other Current Transfers: Social Benefits data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 64.685 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 265.811 USD bn for 2016. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 22.149 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 265.811 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of -347.323 USD mn in 1984. United Kingdom UK: 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 United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: 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).

United Kingdom UK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports data was reported at 28.568 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 30.377 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 30.578 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.876 % in 2000 and a record low of 12.508 % in 1974. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

United Kingdom UK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data was reported at 12.221 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.156 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 17.378 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.628 % in 1990 and a record low of 12.153 % in 2009. United Kingdom UK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Current Account data was reported at -106.505 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -154.873 USD bn for 2016. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Current Account data is updated yearly, averaging -18.371 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.127 USD bn in 1981 and a record low of -161.162 USD bn in 2014. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Current Account data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation: Annual.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account data was reported at -32.738 USD bn in Dec 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -14.654 USD bn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account data is updated quarterly, averaging -2.610 USD bn from Mar 1970 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.858 USD bn in Jun 1991 and a record low of -65.307 USD bn in Mar 2015. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Direct Investment: Equity: Reinvested Earnings data was reported at 960.824 USD mn in Dec 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.147 USD bn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Direct Investment: Equity: Reinvested Earnings data is updated quarterly, averaging 1.529 USD bn from Mar 1970 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.078 USD bn in Mar 2008 and a record low of -20.080 USD bn in Jun 2014. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Direct Investment: Equity: Reinvested Earnings data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Other Accounts Payable: General Government data was reported at -1.161 USD bn in Dec 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.076 USD bn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Other Accounts Payable: General Government data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.505 USD mn from Mar 1970 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.235 USD bn in Dec 2013 and a record low of -2.716 USD bn in Mar 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities: Other Accounts Payable: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.

United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Debt Securities: Other Sectors data was reported at 16.674 USD bn in Dec 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.169 USD bn for Sep 2017. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Debt Securities: Other Sectors data is updated quarterly, averaging 1.069 USD bn from Mar 1970 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 91.175 USD bn in Dec 2008 and a record low of -76.215 USD bn in Sep 2012. United Kingdom UK: BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Debt Securities: Other Sectors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation.