DATA - Balance of payments - summary

Balance of payments - summary - total
		2023	2024	2025	Q1 25	Q2 25	Q3 25	Q4 25	Q1 26

		EUR million

Current account	net	7,673	7,545	9,549	6,623	−749	1,007	2,668	7,334
	credit	332,280	331,846	336,180	84,422	81,719	83,116	86,923	88,501
	debit	324,608	324,301	326,630	77,799	82,468	82,108	84,255	81,167
Goods	net	2,612	6,002	5,062	1,116	1,526	1,350	1,070	1,810
	credit	196,354	186,086	189,354	46,876	47,061	46,616	48,801	49,124
	debit	193,742	180,084	184,292	45,759	45,536	45,266	47,731	47,314
Services	net	5,279	5,640	6,689	5,414	−883	63	2,095	5,818
	credit	83,328	89,288	93,443	24,426	20,818	23,687	24,512	25,675
	debit	78,049	83,649	86,755	19,012	21,701	23,625	22,417	19,857
Primary income	net	3,259	−954	1,559	934	−470	379	716	648
	credit	44,880	47,985	45,599	11,291	11,873	10,826	11,609	11,743
	debit	41,620	48,940	44,040	10,357	12,343	10,447	10,893	11,095
Secundary income	net	−3,477	−3,143	−3,758	−841	−921	−784	−1,212	−941
	credit	7,720	8,487	7,783	1,830	1,967	1,986	2,000	1,960
	debit	11,196	11,629	11,543	2,671	2,889	2,770	3,213	2,901



Capital account	net	2,238	−1,073	1,404	269	665	393	77	−76
	credit	6,276	3,962	4,524	1,081	1,783	748	912	556
	debit	4,039	5,034	3,121	812	1,118	355	836	631



Financial Account	net	9,472	5,319	16,050	7,959	824	3,248	4,019	6,897



Direct investment including SPEs and real estate	net	8,509	111	4,951	2,279	−3,001	3,951	1,722	18,970
total assets	net	13,091	12,743	−4,652	7,207	−4,685	1,545	−8,719	32,670
special purpose entities (SPEs)	net	−5,183	−143	−946	−1,025	222	−270	127	−874
real estate	net	136	−136	−107	−41	−47	−19	0	9
Direct investment excluding SPEs and real estate	net	18,138	13,025	−3,599	8,274	−4,860	1,834	−8,847	33,535
of which: Outward direct investment (Assets only)	net	17,007	14,837	−1,630	7,488	−3,632	2,814	−8,300	25,823
of which: Inward direct investment (Assets only)	net	1,131	−1,812	−1,968	786	−1,227	−980	−547	7,712
total liabilities	net	4,581	12,634	−9,603	4,928	−1,684	−2,406	−10,441	13,700
special purpose entities (SPEs)	net	−5,058	−547	−554	−829	95	66	114	−589
real estate	net	36	45	150	1	3	0	146	112
Direct investment excluding SPEs and real estate	net	9,602	13,134	−9,198	5,756	−1,781	−2,472	−10,701	14,177
of which: Outward direct investment (Liabilities only)	net	576	1,367	−538	1,038	−999	−287	−290	187
of which: Inward direct investment (Liabilities only)	net	9,026	11,768	−8,659	4,719	−782	−2,185	−10,411	13,990



Portfolio investment	net	−14,144	−24,757	2,366	−150	−2,712	−368	5,596	−8,370
total assets	net	21,138	7,178	28,949	13,637	4,556	5,987	4,769	6,372
equity and investement fund shares	net	4,497	3,922	15,040	6,433	2,928	3,430	2,249	3,263
short-term debt securities	net	1,925	−1,359	−2,378	−655	−2,867	−206	1,350	−534
long-term debt securities	net	14,717	4,616	16,287	7,859	4,495	2,763	1,170	3,643
total liabilities	net	35,282	31,936	26,583	13,787	7,268	6,355	−827	14,742
equity and investement fund shares	net	−1,055	−1,447	2,435	201	535	559	1,140	682
short-term debt securities	net	2,514	−2,307	−3,448	531	−4,028	−878	927	3,380
long-term debt securities	net	33,825	35,687	27,595	13,055	10,760	6,674	−2,894	10,679



Other investment	net	17,889	31,239	7,780	5,565	6,712	−377	−4,120	−4,007
total assets	net	26,104	28,110	14,260	21,516	−4,465	16,293	−19,084	26,446
of which trade credits	net	−2,873	−490	61	981	−254	−8	−658	2,372
of which loans	net	−1,672	−1,695	−6,841	344	2,633	−268	−9,550	10,386
of which currency/deposits	net	30,170	29,608	22,465	20,957	−7,006	18,191	−9,677	14,181
total liabilities	net	8,214	−3,128	6,480	15,951	−11,177	16,670	−14,964	30,453
of which trade credits	net	−245	802	350	680	−780	473	−23	1,858
of which loans	net	521	−2,152	−3,538	−710	−685	1,171	−3,314	6,940
of which currency/deposits	net	7,998	−1,797	9,185	15,845	−9,964	14,945	−11,641	21,756



Financial derivatives¹	net	1,211	−940	−572	−542	−269	−102	341	90



Reserve assets	net	−3,993	−332	1,522	807	92	143	480	214



Errors and omissions	net	−436	−1,153	5,095	1,067	907	1,847	1,274	−362



Key indicators
current account balance as a share of GDP		1.6	1.5	1.9	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.9	2.0
net exports as a share of GDP		1.7	2.4	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.3	2.5
current and capital account as a share of GDP		2.1	1.3	2.1	1.3	1.7	1.9	2.1	2.2
financial account as a share of GDP		2.0	1.1	3.1	2.0	1.7	2.0	3.1	2.9

Source: OeNB, Statistics Austria.

Final data up to 2012, final data for 2013-2022 (benchmark revision 2024), revised data for 2023-2024, provisional data for 2025-2026.
¹ Netting for transactions in financial derivatives is unavoidable, because the market value of a position may switch sign, i.e. to change from an asset to a liability position.