Net U.S. acquisition of debt securities (outflow) as a percentage of exports (goods and services)

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Net U.S. acquisition of debt securities (outflow) as a percentage of exports (goods and services)
Year Value Units
2000 4.9 Share
2001 -0.2 Share
2002 6.3 Share
2003 1.5 Share
2004 9.2 Share
2005 6.2 Share
2006 24.3 Share
2007 14.0 Share
2008 -13.3 Share
2009 19.6 Share
2010 6.4 Share
2011 3.7 Share
2012 6.2 Share
2013 7.4 Share
2014 6.3 Share
2015 -3.9 Share
2016 0.7 Share
2017 16.7 Share
2018 8.3 Share
2019 0.5 Share
2020 0.5 Share
2021 20.0 Share
2022 5.4 Share
2023 2.8 Share

Source: U.S. International Transactions, Expanded Detail

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Indicator

Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services
Organisation

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Unit of measure

Percentage
Data sources

Table 1.2. U.S. International Transactions, Expanded Detail
Data providers

Andrew Craig
Method of computation

Net U.S. acquisition of debt securities divided by exports (goods and services)
Actual indicator available - description

Debt securities is defined as Negotiable instruments that serve as evidence of debt including bills, bonds, notes, negotiable certificates of deposit, commercial paper, debentures, asset-backed securities, money market instruments, and similar instruments traded in financial markets.
Date of national source publication

6/20/2024
Periodicity

Annual
Scheduled update by national source

9/19/2024
Date metadata updated

8/1/2024
Time period

2000-2023

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 17.4.1: Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services
Target

Target 17.4: Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
Organisation

World Bank (WB)
Definition and concepts

Definition:

Debt service as proportion of exports of goods and services is the percentage of debt services (principle and interest payments) to the exports of goods and services. Debt services covered in this indicator refer only to public and publicly guaranteed debt.

Concepts:

Concepts of public and publicly guaranteed external debt data are in accordance with the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) methodology.

“Exports of goods and services” data concepts are in accordance with the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).
Data sources

In accordance with the World Bank’s Operational Policy 14.10 (which includes IBRD and IDA General Conditions) external debt reporting is required to fulfil the World Bank’s needs for reliable and timely external debt information to (a) assess a borrowing country's foreign debt situation, creditworthiness, and economic management; and (b) conduct its country economic work and assess regional and global indebtedness and debt servicing problems.

External borrowing of reporting countries is performed through the Debtor Reporting System (DRS), which was established in 1951 and captures detailed information at loan level by using standardized set of forms.
Data providers

The agency in charge of producing the debt statistics at the national level is the World Bank with the data sourced by government agencies on a loan by loan basis. The national data provider of “Exports of Goods, and Services” is the institution in charge of the collection and compilation of the Balance of Payments statistics. This responsibility varies and is country specific (i.e. Central Bank). World Bank staff estimates for “Exports of Goods and Services” data are used for gap filling purposes. “Exports of Goods and Services” data are not reported directly to the World Bank from the national data provider. They are reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is the institution in charge of overseeing balance of payment stability as part of its institutional mandate.
Method of computation

Public and publicly guaranteed external debt data are compiled by the World Bank based on the World Bank Debtor Reporting System Manual, dated January 2000 which sets out the reporting procedures to be used by countries. The data are provided by the countries on a loan by loan basis.

“Exports of goods and services” data are sourced from IMF’s Balance of Payments Statistics database and then gap-filled with World Bank staff estimates in accordance with the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6)

Both components are used to express the indicator in percentage terms.
Metadata update

2016-07-19
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

World Bank (WB)
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