External sector

Pakistan's account with the rest of the world. This is the largest module, with 9,176 series from the SBP.


Module	`external` (plus `remittances.total` in `economic`)
Frequency	Mostly monthly; some quarterly, annual and weekly
Endpoint	`/v1/series/{id}`; discover with `/v1/catalog?module=external&q=…`
Units	Mostly US$: `usd_mn` = millions, `usd_th` = thousands

Balance of payments

Id	What it is	History
`bop.current_account_balance_3`	Current account balance, monthly, US$ mn	Jul 2013 →
`bop.current_account_balance_4`	Current account balance, quarterly	2002 →
`bop.goods_export_fob` · `bop.goods_import_fob`	Goods exports and imports (FOB)	2005 →
`bop.goods_services_balance`	Goods & services balance	2005 →
`bop.total_export_as_bop`	Total exports as per BOP, US$ th	2003 →

Id	What it is	History
`reserves.total_sbp_reserves`	SBP's reserves	1948 →
`reserves.total_banks_reserves`	Commercial banks' reserves	1971 →
`reserves.gold_reserves`	Gold	1948 →
`reserves.special_drawing_rights_holdings`	SDR holdings	1971 →
`reserves.imf_reserve_position`	IMF reserve position	2020 →

Id	What it is	History
`remittances.total`	Workers' remittances, total (monthly)	2000 →
`remittances.total_inflow_workers_remittances`	Total inflow, long series	1972 →
`remittances.workers_remittances_received_<country>`	By sending country, e.g. `…_dubai`, `…_abu_dhabi`, `…_canada`, `…_germany`	monthly

curl "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/catalog?module=external&q=remittances&limit=100"

investment.foreign_direct_investment_net_received_<country>: net FDI by source country (monthly, 2012 →).
investment.foreign_direct_investment_inflows_received_<country>: gross FDI inflows by country.
investment.fdi_inflows_<sector>_sector: FDI by sector (e.g. …_communications_sector, …_cement_sector).
Portfolio investment flows are under investment.* too. Search q=portfolio.

trade.exports.by_country.total_export_as_bop, plus exports by destination country: trade.exports.by_country.*.
Export receipts by commodity (HS2) and services trade are in external.*. Search q=export receipts or q=services.
Roshan Digital Account (overseas Pakistanis): roshan_digital.total_funds_received_abroad_into_rdas_since and related series, 2020 →.
International investment position, external-account detail and more: browse with /v1/catalog?module=external.

For monthly trade by commodity with quantities (PBS), use /v1/trade. For external debt, see Debt.

Use cases: balance-of-payments dashboards, reserve-adequacy and sovereign-risk models, remittance-corridor analysis, FDI tracking.