Other Investment Liabilities

Other Investment Liabilities are the stock of external financial obligations of residents that are not classified as direct investment, portfolio investment or financial derivatives. They typically include loans, trade credits, deposits and other accounts payable, and the precise composition may vary by country. As part of the Latin Macro Watch (LMW) database maintained by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), this balance-of-payments indicator gives researchers and analysts a consistent view of external liability positions across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coverage

Data are available for 13 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1995–2025. Values are reported as a share of GDP (% of GDP) and in millions of USD, in average-of-period and end-of-period forms, with month-on-month (MoM %), quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations.

Sources

Series are compiled from central banks and statistical agencies across the region, including the Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco Central del Ecuador, Banco Central de Uruguay, Bank of Jamaica, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, INDEC - Argentina and the Consejo Monetario Centroamericano, following the LMW methodology.

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Format	CSV
Language	en
Country	Argentina Bahamas Trinidad & Tobago Belize Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia El Salvador Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Panama Uruguay Venezuela Barbados Paraguay Peru Suriname
Data notes	What does Other Investment Liabilities measure? It measures the stock of external financial obligations of residents that are not direct investment, portfolio investment or financial derivatives — typically loans, trade credits, deposits and other accounts payable. How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered? The indicator covers 13 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1995 to 2025. What units and transformations are available? Values are available as a share of GDP (% of GDP) and in millions of USD, in average-of-period and end-of-period forms, with month-on-month (MoM %), quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations. Where does the data come from? Series are compiled from central banks and statistical agencies, including the Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco Central del Ecuador, Bank of Jamaica, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, INDEC - Argentina and the Consejo Monetario Centroamericano. What are typical uses of this indicator? It is used to analyze external indebtedness, study cross-border borrowing and deposit flows, and support balance-of-payments and external-vulnerability research across Latin America and the Caribbean. How do I cite this indicator? Cite as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Other Investment Liabilities". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.