Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics
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- Published: July 30, 2025
Upcoming offerings
| Start date | End date | Location | Delivery Method | Session No. | Primary & (Interpretation) language | Apply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | April 15, 2027 | Course conducted online | [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) | OL 26.112 | Spanish | [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.112S) by April 1, 2027 |
| May 1, 2026 | April 15, 2027 | Course conducted online | [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) | OL 26.114 | French | [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.112S) by April 1, 2027 |
Course overview
- Training Program: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics (BOP-IIPx).
- Covers the fundamentals needed to compile the external accounts.
- Introduces the conceptual statistical framework for BOP and IIP as presented in the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics Manual, sixth edition (BPM6), which is harmonized with other macroeconomic statistical frameworks.
- Discusses current, capital, and financial account balances and how they reflect an economy's interaction with the rest of the world.
- Covers principal accounting rules, including valuation and time of recording, relevant for the compilation of the external accounts.
- Discusses functional categories, including direct investment.
- Emphasizes the need to integrate the BOP with the IIP for compiling comprehensive, internationally comparable statistics.
- Course is being updated to include the changes introduced by the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Seventh Edition (BPM7).
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Those interested in learning the fundamentals of compiling external accounts that cover balance of payments (BOP) and international investment position (IIP) statistics according to internationally accepted standards.
- Open to those who compile, or plan to compile, BOP and IIP statistics.
- Basic-level course laying the foundation for the intermediate BOP and IIP statistics course.
- Qualifications:
- Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the external accounts framework of the BOP and IIP and relevant indicators, such as the current, capital, and financial accounts balances, and net IIP.
- Apply core concepts and definitions relevant to the external accounts, such as residence, economic territory, predominant center of economic interest, and accounting rules.
- Classify cross-border transactions and positions according to international standards.
- Record the main components of the current account, including goods, services, primary (earned) income, and secondary (transfer) income, as well as the capital account.
- Identify transactions in financial assets and liabilities and their link to investment income.
- Explain the direct investment framework and its role in the economy, including as a source of financing.
- Recognize the need to integrate the BOP with the IIP to produce consistent and coherent data.
Content coverage and delivery
- Core topics:
- Conceptual statistical framework for BOP and IIP (BPM6; updating to BPM7).
- Accounting rules: valuation and time of recording.
- Functional categories and classifications, including direct investment.
- Integration of BOP and IIP for internationally comparable statistics.
- Delivery:
- Course presented by the Statistics Department.
- Videos available: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics.
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public.