IB Economics HL 4.6.1 Balance of payments Question Bank
Practise IB Economics SL/HL 4.6.1 by applying balance of payments concepts to exam-style questions.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2022
- Course
- Economics HL
- Level
- HL
Practise IB Economics SL/HL 4.6.1 by applying balance of payments concepts to exam-style questions.
The following diagram illustrates the domestic market for rice in Country Alpha. This diagram will be used for several of the following questions.

The following table provides selected data from the balance of payments for Alpha for 2016.

Table 1
Using the data in Table 1, calculate Alpha's current account balance for 2016.
(852-829+409-435)+144-170
Any valid working is sufficient for [1].
Valid working must include (852-829 + 409-435), and may include +144 or -170 but neither -288 or 361 (as these are not current account items).
= -$29 million