Pacific island small states's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) was US$557,000 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 82.07% from US$3.11 million in 2019 (29.09% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$557,000 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$3.11 million | 2019 |
| Highest | US$62.63 million | 2022 |
| Lowest | −US$10.69 million | 1993 |
| Average since 2016 | US$20.33 million | 2016–2024 |
| First recorded | US$657,000 | 1971 |
Over five years it is down 82.07% from US$3.11 million in 2019 (29.09% a year on average, compounded). Since 1971 it is down 15.22% from US$657,000 in 1971 (0.31% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Pacific island small states' net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) fell US$3.89 million on 2023 (from US$4.44 million to US$557,000).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2023), the average change was −US$1.31 million and a typical year strayed about US$16.4 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$29.91 million in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was US$58.18 million in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
What this measures
Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IBRD is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the founding and largest member of the World Bank Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 48 values
| Year | Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 557,000 |
| 2023 | 4,444,000 |
| 2022 | 62,625,000 |
| 2021 | 32,711,000 |
| 2020 | 6,467,000 |
| 2019 | 3,106,000 |
| 2018 | 19,537,000 |
| 2017 | 3,385,000 |
| 2016 | 50,178,000 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 |
Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Algeria — −US$725,000 (2017)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$20.68 million (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — −US$3.08 million (2024)
- Iraq — −US$255.68 million (2024)
- Jordan — US$958.51 million (2024)
- Lebanon — US$195.81 million (2024)
- Malta — US$0 (2016)
- Morocco — US$1.29 billion (2024)
- Pakistan — US$172.54 million (2024)
- Tunisia — US$248.94 million (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Pacific island small states
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$899.35 million (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$776.47 million (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) — 1.32% (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$447.78 million (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 3.58% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 6.92% (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$13.01 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$11.21 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Pacific island small states's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)?
- US$557,000 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 15.22% from US$657,000 in 1971 (0.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$62.63 million in 2022 and the lowest −US$10.69 million in 1993.
- Is the latest change in net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) unusual for Pacific island small states?
- In 2024, Pacific island small states' net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) fell US$3.89 million on 2023 (from US$4.44 million to US$557,000). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2023), the average change was −US$1.31 million and a typical year strayed about US$16.4 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.MIBR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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