Germany vs Switzerland: Net errors and omissions

Germany
99.45 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Switzerland
21.31 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Switzerland rank
3rd

Net errors and omissions over time

  • Germany
  • Switzerland
-100.0B-50.0B050.0B100.0B197119982025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 99.45 billion BoP, current US$ against 21.31 billion BoP, current US$ in Switzerland, a difference of 78.14 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Germany's figure about 4.7 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Switzerland ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 3rd of 198 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
199 places, 7,770 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.