Portfolio Investment Liabilities

Portfolio Investment Liabilities is the stock of cross-border holdings of domestic equity and debt securities held by nonresidents, excluding direct investment. It captures the extent to which the domestic economy is financed through international portfolio flows, and the precise definition may vary by country. This indicator is part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Latin Macro Watch, a curated macroeconomic database for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coverage

The series covers 12 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 share of GDP (% of GDP), including average-of-period and end-of-period variants, with transformations including month-on-month, quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year percentage changes (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %).

Sources

Data are compiled from national central banks, statistics agencies and regional bodies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de Guatemala, Consejo Monetario Centroamericano and Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile, supporting comparable analysis of external portfolio financing across the region.

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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 Portfolio Investment Liabilities measure? It is the stock of cross-border holdings of domestic equity and debt securities held by nonresidents, excluding direct investment, capturing how much the domestic economy is financed through international portfolio flows. How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered? The indicator covers 12 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 2002 to 2025. What units and transformations are available? Values are available in millions of USD and as a share of GDP (% of GDP), including average-of-period and end-of-period variants, with MoM %, QoQ % and YoY % change transformations. Where does the data come from? Data are compiled from national central banks, statistics agencies and regional bodies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de Guatemala, Consejo Monetario Centroamericano and Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile. What is this indicator typically used for? It is used to analyze cross-border capital inflows, an economy's external financing through securities markets, and financial vulnerability across Latin America and the Caribbean. How do I cite this indicator? Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Portfolio Investment Liabilities". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.