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Date : Sep 15, 2017
Table 244 : Balance of Payments - Indicators
(Per cent)
Year Trade Invisibles Current account Capital account Import cover of Reserves (in months)
Exports/ GDP Imports/ GDP Receipts/ GDP Payments/ GDP Net/ GDP Current Receipts/ GDP Current Receipts/ Current Payments CAD/ GDP Foreign Investment/ Exports Foreign Investment/ GDP
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1978-79 5.0 7.0 2.9 1.1 1.8 7.4 91.4 -0.2 0.4 0.0 9.2
1979-80 5.2 8.0 3.6 1.2 2.4 8.3 90.6 -0.5 1.1 0.1 7.3
1980-81 4.6 8.9 3.9 1.2 2.8 8.1 80.7 -1.5 0.0 0.0 5.0
1981-82 4.5 8.3 3.3 1.2 2.1 7.6 79.8 -1.7 0.0 0.0 3.3
1982-83 4.8 8.3 3.2 1.4 1.8 7.8 80.2 -1.7 0.0 0.0 3.6
1983-84 4.6 7.7 3.1 1.5 1.6 7.5 81.8 -1.5 0.0 0.0 4.1
1984-85 4.8 7.5 3.3 1.8 1.5 7.9 85.1 -1.2 0.0 0.0 4.5
1985-86 4.1 7.5 2.8 1.5 1.3 6.8 74.8 -2.1 0.0 0.0 4.5
1986-87 4.2 7.2 2.6 1.5 1.1 6.7 76.8 -1.9 1.9 0.1 4.4
1987-88 4.6 7.2 2.6 1.8 0.8 7.0 78.6 -1.8 3.4 0.2 3.8
1988-89 4.9 8.1 2.6 2.1 0.5 7.3 71.5 -2.7 2.5 0.1 2.4
1989-90 5.8 8.3 2.6 2.3 0.2 8.2 76.4 -2.3 2.4 0.1 1.9
1990-91 5.8 8.8 2.4 2.4 -0.1 8.0 71.5 -3.0 0.6 0.0 2.5
1991-92 6.8 7.9 3.6 2.9 0.6 10.2 94.3 -0.4 0.7 0.0 5.3
1992-93 7.7 9.9 3.8 3.0 0.8 11.3 87.7 -1.4 3.0 0.2 4.9
1993-94 8.2 9.7 4.1 3.1 1.0 12.2 95.6 -0.4 18.7 1.5 8.6
1994-95 8.3 11.1 4.8 3.1 1.8 13.0 91.7 -1.0 18.3 1.5 8.4
1995-96 9.1 12.3 5.0 3.4 1.5 13.9 88.8 -1.7 14.9 1.3 6.0
1996-97 8.8 12.6 5.5 2.9 2.6 14.2 91.6 -1.2 18.0 1.6 6.5
1997-98 8.7 12.5 5.7 3.2 2.4 14.2 90.9 -1.3 15.1 1.3 6.9
1998-99 8.2 11.4 6.2 4.0 2.2 14.4 93.2 -1.0 7.0 0.6 8.2
1999-00 8.3 12.3 6.7 3.8 2.9 15.0 93.0 -1.0 13.8 1.2 8.2
2000-01 9.9 12.6 7.0 4.9 2.1 16.8 96.4 -0.6 14.9 1.5 8.8
2001-02 9.4 11.8 7.7 4.6 3.1 16.9 103.8 0.7 18.2 1.7 11.5
2002-03 10.6 12.7 8.3 4.9 3.4 18.8 106.6 1.3 11.2 1.2 14.2
2003-04 11.1 13.3 8.9 4.3 4.6 19.9 112.8 2.3 23.7 2.6 16.9
2004-05 11.8 16.5 9.6 5.3 4.3 21.4 98.0 -0.3 18.0 2.1 14.3
2005-06 12.6 18.8 10.8 5.7 5.0 23.3 94.8 -1.2 20.3 2.6 11.6
2006-07 13.6 20.1 12.1 6.6 5.5 25.6 96.0 -1.0 23.1 3.1 12.5
2007-08 13.4 20.8 12.0 5.9 6.1 25.4 95.0 -1.3 37.3 5.0 14.4
2008-09 15.4 25.2 13.7 6.2 7.5 29.1 92.6 -2.3 14.8 2.3 9.8
2009-10 13.4 22.0 12.0 6.1 5.9 25.3 89.9 -2.8 35.9 4.8 11.1
2010-11 15.0 22.4 11.1 6.5 4.6 26.1 90.2 -2.8 23.6 3.5 9.5
2011-12 17.0 27.4 12.0 5.9 6.1 29.0 87.0 -4.2 16.3 2.8 7.1
2012-13 16.8 27.5 12.3 6.4 5.9 29.0 85.7 -4.8 17.8 3.0 7.0
2013-14 17.2 25.1 12.6 6.4 6.2 29.7 94.3 -1.7 11.2 1.9 7.8
2014-15 15.6 22.7 11.9 6.1 5.8 27.4 95.4 -1.3 24.5 3.8 8.9
2015-16 12.7 19.0 11.2 6.1 5.2 24.0 95.7 -1.1 15.5 2.0 10.9
2016-17 12.4 17.3 10.6 6.4 4.3 23.0 97.1 -0.7 17.8 2.2 11.3
Note : Current receipts is defined as current account receipts minus official transfer receipts.
Also see Notes on Tables.

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