Deutsche Bundesbank Balance of payments statistics 12-05-2022 26 II. Current account 6. Regional breakdown a) Current account, by country and group of countries * € million Goods Services Primary income Secondary income Receipts Expend- iture Balance Receipts Expend- iture Balance Receipts Expend- iture Balance Receipts Expend- iture Balance Balance of current account Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rest of the world 2020 Q4 318,116 264,034 + 54,082 76,504 70,905 + 5,599 57,851 23,531 + 34,320 19,470 37,709 – 18,238 + 75,762 2021 Q1 329,701 272,512 + 57,190 68,986 65,705 + 3,281 54,459 22,645 + 31,814 24,552 41,828 – 17,276 + 75,009 Q2 337,247 290,114 + 47,133 77,070 70,670 + 6,401 57,041 38,417 + 18,624 23,600 31,825 – 8,225 + 63,932 Q3 335,697 286,621 + 49,076 84,293 92,453 – 8,160 58,363 24,086 + 34,277 21,189 35,218 – 14,029 + 61,165 Q4 365,015 326,264 + 38,751 97,324 98,532 – 1,208 65,254 23,363 + 41,892 21,758 36,318 – 14,560 + 64,875 2022 Q1 367,376 333,071 + 34,305 85,800 88,268 – 2,468 59,964 23,070 + 36,895 20,750 37,138 – 16,388 + 52,344 Europe 2020 Q4 215,101 183,678 + 31,423 49,347 47,098 + 2,250 41,877 20,279 + 21,598 13,137 25,373 – 12,236 + 43,035 2021 Q1 227,936 188,919 + 39,016 43,102 43,923 – 821 38,020 18,788 + 19,232 17,795 29,537 – 11,742 + 45,685 Q2 234,816 200,713 + 34,103 46,332 47,682 – 1,350 39,919 33,260 + 6,659 16,508 21,859 – 5,351 + 34,060 Q3 232,179 197,384 + 34,795 49,479 65,558 – 16,079 40,401 20,352 + 20,048 14,330 23,332 – 9,002 + 29,762 Q4 250,685 227,134 + 23,551 57,869 66,740 – 8,871 46,785 19,760 + 27,025 14,775 22,938 – 8,163 + 33,542 2022 Q1 253,174 231,118 + 22,056 52,318 58,830 – 6,512 41,401 19,374 + 22,027 14,174 26,158 – 11,983 + 25,588 EU Member States (27 excl. GB) 2020 Q4 163,962 145,531 + 18,430 33,216 34,793 – 1,576 33,891 16,678 + 17,213 9,218 19,758 – 10,540 + 23,526 2021 Q1 175,993 148,970 + 27,023 29,346 32,223 – 2,877 30,164 15,118 + 15,046 13,594 24,028 – 10,435 + 28,756 Q2 182,508 157,231 + 25,277 31,156 36,222 – 5,065 32,016 23,930 + 8,086 11,092 16,387 – 5,295 + 23,002 Q3 179,623 153,212 + 26,410 33,878 50,986 – 17,108 32,721 16,693 + 16,028 10,568 18,125 – 7,557 + 17,773 Q4 195,140 174,728 + 20,413 39,742 50,872 – 11,129 38,922 16,790 + 22,133 10,945 17,228 – 6,283 + 25,133 2022 Q1 196,493 172,620 + 23,873 35,800 44,820 – 9,020 33,105 15,553 + 17,552 9,856 20,288 – 10,432 + 21,973 Euro area (19) 2020 Q4 113,734 97,820 + 15,914 25,595 25,851 – 257 25,846 12,957 + 12,889 7,931 8,837 – 906 + 27,641 2021 Q1 122,932 101,675 + 21,257 23,165 23,896 – 732 26,474 12,068 + 14,406 8,890 10,361 – 1,471 + 33,461 Q2 127,657 109,237 + 18,419 24,428 27,183 – 2,755 28,020 17,842 + 10,178 9,465 8,622 + 844 + 26,687 Q3 125,680 106,841 + 18,839 26,831 38,485 – 11,654 28,653 12,243 + 16,410 7,818 8,764 – 946 + 22,649 Q4 137,513 122,215 + 15,298 31,273 39,693 – 8,420 30,453 12,572 + 17,881 7,975 8,842 – 867 + 23,892 2022 Q1 139,457 120,621 + 18,836 28,447 35,364 – 6,917 28,750 12,145 + 16,604 8,277 10,557 – 2,279 + 26,244 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 2020 Q4 16,055 17,248 – 1,194 7,331 3,982 + 3,349 3,807 2,205 + 1,602 1,471 2,154 – 683 + 3,074 2021 Q1 18,044 18,289 – 246 6,363 3,735 + 2,628 3,938 1,977 + 1,961 1,186 1,870 – 685 + 3,658 Q2 18,428 20,377 – 1,949 6,922 3,542 + 3,380 3,770 3,371 + 398 1,567 1,893 – 325 + 1,504 Q3 18,571 21,134 – 2,563 7,286 4,707 + 2,579 3,261 2,196 + 1,065 1,185 1,686 – 501 + 580 Q4 19,942 26,951 – 7,009 8,222 4,946 + 3,276 3,839 1,878 + 1,961 1,249 1,939 – 690 – 2,462 2022 Q1 20,817 29,748 – 8,931 8,295 4,857 + 3,437 4,159 1,990 + 2,169 1,098 1,737 – 639 – 3,963 Other European countries (excl. EFTA) 2020 Q4 35,085 20,898 + 14,186 8,800 8,323 + 477 4,179 1,396 + 2,784 2,449 3,461 – 1,012 + 16,434 2021 Q1 33,899 21,659 + 12,240 7,393 7,964 – 572 3,918 1,692 + 2,225 3,016 3,639 – 622 + 13,271 Q2 33,879 23,105 + 10,775 8,254 7,918 + 335 4,133 5,959 – 1,826 3,849 3,579 + 269 + 9,554 Q3 33,986 23,038 + 10,947 8,315 9,865 – 1,550 4,419 1,464 + 2,955 2,577 3,521 – 944 + 11,409 Q4 35,603 25,456 + 10,147 9,905 10,923 – 1,018 4,023 1,092 + 2,932 2,581 3,771 – 1,190 + 10,871 2022 Q1 35,865 28,750 + 7,114 8,224 9,153 – 929 4,137 1,831 + 2,305 3,221 4,133 – 912 + 7,579 Africa 2020 Q4 5,252 4,168 + 1,085 773 / + 17 406 85 + 321 18 682 – 664 + 758 2021 Q1 5,586 4,972 + 614 648 / – 59 437 86 + 351 19 298 – 279 + 627 Q2 4,826 5,416 – 589 782 / + 32 445 94 + 352 13 308 – 295 – 501 Q3 6,613 5,011 + 1,601 771 / – 244 496 95 + 401 13 373 – 360 + 1,397 Q4 5,586 5,462 + 123 889 / – 221 476 99 + 377 17 686 – 669 – 389 2022 Q1 5,849 6,007 – 158 791 / – 421 492 93 + 399 20 279 – 260 – 439 America 2020 Q4 37,910 19,435 + 18,474 13,729 11,651 + 2,078 8,424 2,144 + 6,281 5,912 6,512 – 600 + 26,233 2021 Q1 37,676 19,464 + 18,212 13,638 10,560 + 3,077 8,571 2,668 + 5,903 6,206 7,553 – 1,348 + 25,845 Q2 38,469 22,377 + 16,092 17,379 10,869 + 6,509 8,427 3,651 + 4,777 6,498 6,787 – 288 + 27,090 Q3 39,370 20,537 + 18,832 20,736 13,307 + 7,429 9,007 2,524 + 6,483 6,319 6,771 – 452 + 32,291 Q4 46,267 21,199 + 25,068 22,782 15,115 + 7,667 9,600 2,416 + 7,184 6,415 6,927 – 512 + 39,407 2022 Q1 44,890 22,226 + 22,663 18,971 13,121 + 5,850 9,427 2,529 + 6,898 5,972 6,439 – 467 + 34,944 * Countries classified into respective groups of countries, see "Explanatory notes and lists".