Financial Derivatives Assets

Financial Derivatives Assets are the external positions of residents in derivative contracts with non-residents that have a positive market value. They represent financial claims arising from instruments such as forwards, futures, options and swaps. The definition may vary by country. As part of the international investment position within the balance of payments, this indicator helps track residents' derivative-based claims on the rest of the world across Latin America and the Caribbean. It is published in the Latin Macro Watch dataset by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Coverage

Data cover 8 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 2002 to 2025. Values are available in millions of USD and as a percentage of GDP, each in period-average and end-of-period variants, with growth-rate transformations (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %).

Sources

Figures are compiled by the IDB from national authorities, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), INDEC - Argentina, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile and Banco Central de El Salvador, among others.

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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 Financial Derivatives Assets measure? It measures residents' external positions in derivative contracts with non-residents that carry a positive market value — claims arising from instruments such as forwards, futures, options and swaps. The definition may vary by country. How many countries and which time period are covered? The indicator covers 8 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, spanning 2002 to 2025 at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency. What units and transformations are available? Values are provided in millions of USD and as a percentage of GDP, each in period-average and end-of-period variants, with growth rates (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %). Where does the data come from? The IDB compiles the series from national authorities, such as Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), INDEC - Argentina and Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile. What is this indicator typically used for? It is used to analyze external financial exposure and hedging activity, and to study the international investment position of Latin American and Caribbean economies in derivatives markets. How do I cite this indicator? Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Financial Derivatives Assets." data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.