Barbados: Net errors and omissions

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 Barbados

Balance of payments, net errors and omissions

 Latest value -132.48
 Year 2017
 Measure million USD
 Data availability 1967 - 2017
 Average 1.83
 Min - Max -322.51 - 185.21
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2017 is -132.48 million USD, a decline from 40.05 million USD in 2016. In comparison, the world average is -1847.89 million USD, based on data from 174 countries. Historically, the average for Barbados from 1967 to 2017 is 1.83 million USD. The minimum value, -322.51 million USD, was reached in 2010 while the maximum of 185.21 million USD was recorded in 2008. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Barbados - Net errors and omissions - historical chart - 1967-2017




Definition: 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. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

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 Terms of trade 95.70 2024 percent
 Financial openness -1.248 2022 index points
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 3.99 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.30 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 2.58 2017 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -5.07 2017 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.30 2017 billion U.S. dollars
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 Reserves 1.65 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 1.50 2017 percent
 Remittances 85.18 2017 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -132.48 2017 million USD
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