China vs Germany: Net errors and omissions

China
38.50 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Germany
99.45 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
China rank
2nd
Germany rank
1st

Net errors and omissions over time

  • China
  • Germany
-200.0B-100.0B0100.0B197119982025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 99.45 billion BoP, current US$ against 38.50 billion BoP, current US$ in China, a difference of 60.96 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Germany's figure about 2.6 times China's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1982 it was China ahead.

China ranks 2nd and Germany ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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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.