Current account of the balance of payments
How much is Denmark's balance of payments surplus? And how is the surplus on items such as goods, services, income and transfers? The current account of the balance of payments covers all the economic transactions Denmark has with other countries, and it shows the relationship between imports and exports.
Selected statistics on Current account of the balance of payments
Balance of payments surplus
3.1 Source data (s18.1): The statistics are compiled based on several surveys, statistics, and administrative data. The most important sources are:
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Statistics on international trade in goods, including supplementary information on the nature of individual transactions.
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Statistics on international trade in services.
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Supplementary information about businesses collected in the international trade in services survey: trade in goods not crossing the Danish border, price adjustment of goods that have crossed the Danish border.
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Unilateral transfers to and from abroad. Trade in non-produced non-financial assets with foreign countries (e.g., trademarks licenses and football players' licenses to play club football).
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Insurance premiums and claims to and from abroad.
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Danmarks Nationalbank’s compilation of Danish residents' investment income to and from abroad.
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Information about public administration and service (government financial statistics).
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Information about Danish residents' wages and transfers from abroad and foreign residents' wages and transfers from Denmark.
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Information on the import of illegal goods.
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Survey of foreign embassies and international organisations' consumption in Denmark
Development in the items' contribution to the balance of payments
3.1 Source data (s18.1): The statistics are compiled based on several surveys, statistics, and administrative data. The most important sources are:
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Statistics on international trade in goods, including supplementary information on the nature of individual transactions.
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Statistics on international trade in services.
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Supplementary information about businesses collected in the international trade in services survey: trade in goods not crossing the Danish border, price adjustment of goods that have crossed the Danish border.
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Unilateral transfers to and from abroad. Trade in non-produced non-financial assets with foreign countries (e.g., trademarks licenses and football players' licenses to play club football).
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Insurance premiums and claims to and from abroad.
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Danmarks Nationalbank’s compilation of Danish residents' investment income to and from abroad.
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Information about public administration and service (government financial statistics).
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Information about Danish residents' wages and transfers from abroad and foreign residents' wages and transfers from Denmark.
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Information on the import of illegal goods.
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Survey of foreign embassies and international organisations' consumption in Denmark
The items' contribution to the balance of payments, latest month
3.1 Source data (s18.1): The statistics are compiled based on several surveys, statistics, and administrative data. The most important sources are:
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Statistics on international trade in goods, including supplementary information on the nature of individual transactions.
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Statistics on international trade in services.
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Supplementary information about businesses collected in the international trade in services survey: trade in goods not crossing the Danish border, price adjustment of goods that have crossed the Danish border.
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Unilateral transfers to and from abroad. Trade in non-produced non-financial assets with foreign countries (e.g., trademarks licenses and football players' licenses to play club football).
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Insurance premiums and claims to and from abroad.
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Danmarks Nationalbank’s compilation of Danish residents' investment income to and from abroad.
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Information about public administration and service (government financial statistics).
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Information about Danish residents' wages and transfers from abroad and foreign residents' wages and transfers from Denmark.
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Information on the import of illegal goods.
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Survey of foreign embassies and international organisations' consumption in Denmark
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The balance of payments describes the economic transactions between Denmark and the rest of the world. The main components are the import and export of goods and services, the surplus (or deficit) of the current account and the net worth (or net debt) respect to the rest of the world. The balance of payments statistics is compiled in cooperation with Danmarks Nationalbank