List of Proposed BPM7 Chapters

Below is a list of the proposed chapters for the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, seventh edition (BPM7).

The development of the BPM7 chapters will go through the following major milestones:

  • Draft annotated outlines
  • Final annotated outlines
  • Draft chapters
  • Final chapters 

Since the updates of the System of National Accounts (SNA) and the Balance of Payments Manual are being carried out in close collaboration, a number of joint SNA/BPM chapters are being developed, as indicated below. The full list of chapters for the forthcoming 2025 SNA is available at: List of 2025 SNA Chapters (unstats.un.org).

Draft Consolidated BPM7 - Chapters Only

 Survey closes September 13
Consolidated BPM7 Annotated Outline
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Glossary of Terms and Definitions in Macro-Economic Statistics

Chapter 

Chapter Title

Draft Annotated Outline 1

Final Annotated Outline 2

Draft Chapter 3

Links to Global Consultation Surveys 

Final Chapter

1

Introduction (revised content)

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2

Overview of the Integrated Framework (revised title and revised content)

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PDF Survey closed Mar 15, 2024
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3

(SNA Chapter 4) Flows, Stocks, and Accounting Rules (revised title)

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PDF Survey closed May 15, 2024 PDF

4

(SNA Chapter 5) Residence, Institutional Units and Sectors (revised title)

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PDF Survey closed Feb 17, 2024
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5

Classifications of Financial Assets and Liabilities (revised content)

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PDF Survey closed Feb 16, 2024
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6

Functional Categories in International Accounts (revised title and revised content)

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PDF Survey closed June 10, 2024 PDF

7

Balance sheet: the International Investment Position (revised title)

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PDF Survey closed May 6, 2024
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8

Financial Account

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PDF Survey closed Feb 16, 2024
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9

Other Changes in Financial Assets and Liabilities Account

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PDF Survey closed Mar 4, 2024 PDF

10

Goods Account (revised title and revised content)

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PDF Survey closed July 22, 2024

11

Services Account (revised title and revised content)

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PDF Survey closed Aug. 28, 2024

12

Earned Income Account (revised title, provisional)

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PDF Survey closed Aug. 28, 2024

13

Transfer Income Account (revised title, provisional)

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PDF Survey closed Aug. 14, 2024

14

Capital Account

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PDF Survey closed Aug. 28, 2024

15

(SNA Chapter 23) Globalization (new chapter)

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PDF Survey closed Apr 4, 2024 PDF

16

(SNA Chapter 22) Digitalization (new chapter)

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PDF Survey closed Jan 26, 2024
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17

(SNA Chapter 26) Islamic Finance (new chapter)

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PDF Survey closed Jan 12, 2024 PDF

18

(SNA Chapter 39) Informal Activities (new chapter)

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PDF Survey closed June 11, 2024 PDF

19

Selected Issues in Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Analysis

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PDF Survey closed May 6, 2024
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20

(SNA Chapter 21) Communicating and Disseminating Economic Statistics (new chapter)

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PDF Survey closed May 23, 2024 PDF

Annex 1

Exceptional Financing Transactions

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PDF Survey closed May 31, 2024 PDF

Annex 2

Debt Reorganization and Related Transactions

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PDF Survey closed Aug. 7, 2024 PDF

Annex 3

Regional Arrangements: Currency Unions, Economic Unions, and Other Regional Statements 

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Annex 4

Remittances

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Annex 5

Selected Issues on Cross-Border Trade (new annex)

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Annex 6

Selected Issues on Direct Investment (revised title)

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PDF Survey closes Nov. 22

Annex 7

Selected Financial Issues (revised title and revised content) 

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PDF Survey closed Feb 16, 2024
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Annex 8

Insurance and Pensions (revised title)

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PDF Survey closes Nov. 18

Annex 9

Positions and Transactions with IMF (previous annex to Chapter 7; revised content) 

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Annex 10

Sustainable Finance in External Sector Statistics: Climate Change Related Indicators (new annex)

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Annex 11

Data by Partner Economy

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Annex 12
Links between International Standards for Macroeconomic Statistics (revised title and revised content) 
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Annex 13
Changes from BPM6 (revised content) 
         
Annex 14 Standard Components and Selected Other Items (revised content)
         

1 The version of the annotated outline that was posted for global consultation.

2 The version of the annotated outline incorporating the comments from global consultation and AEG/BOPCOM, and cleared by BPM/SNA project managers.

3 The version of the chapter posted for global consultation.