Ireland vs Spain: Net financial account

Ireland
88.88 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Spain
76.83 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Ireland rank
9th
Spain rank
10th

Net financial account over time

  • Ireland
  • Spain
-150.0B-100.0B-50.0B050.0B100.0B197520002025

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 88.88 billion BoP, current US$ against 76.83 billion BoP, current US$ in Spain, a difference of 12.05 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Ireland ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 9th and Spain ranks 10th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net financial account (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, 7,792 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of 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.