Balance of Payments (BoP)
Upcoming publishing: 2025-03-06
This statistical data covers real and cross-border financial transactions. Balance of payments is divided into the current account, the capital account and the financial account. The international investment position shows a country's total net debt.
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Key figures for Sweden
Current Account
94.3
SEK billion
Reference period: 3rd quarter 2024
Financial Account
148.3
SEK billion
Reference period: 3rd quarter 2024
International Investment Position
3 347.3
SEK billion
Reference period: 3rd quarter 2024
Statistical news
2025-01-24
Swedish holdings in foreign portfolio assets increased in the first half of 2024. Total holdings amounted to SEK 10 380 billion, which was an increase of 17 percent compared to the end of the second half of 2023. Holdings in shares accounted for the largest percentage increase. Holding in investment fund shares and debt securities did also increase, but not to the same extent as shares.
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Publications
| Title | Language | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance of payments 2016 | Swedish with elements of English | Report | 2017-03-01 |
| Balance of payments 2016 | Swedish with elements of English | Report | 2017-02-23 |
| Direct Investment 2015 | Swedish with elements of English | Report | 2016-12-12 |
| Direct Investment 2015 | Swedish with elements of English | Report | 2016-12-12 |
More information
- New model for seasonally adjusted current account
- Changes in the time series for statistics on securities, September 4 2023
- Implementation of new data sources for statistics on securities continues, August 29 2022
- Implementation of new data sources for statistics on securities continues, November 18 2021
- New data sources for statistics on securities
- Coordination of the Current Account
- New data sources for statistics on securities
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