Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking
Definition: Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 769,396,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 354,625,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 3 | China | 346,854,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 303,135,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Ireland | 260,908,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 214,594,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 179,001,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Singapore | 173,115,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 159,838,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Germany | 128,717,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 11 | France | 126,404,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 12 | Canada | 114,641,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 13 | Japan | 97,728,750,000.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Brazil | 80,261,980,000.00 | 2021 |
| 15 | Russia | 79,791,270,000.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Belgium | 68,473,030,000.00 | 2021 |
| 17 | Australia | 58,334,690,000.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Spain | 56,799,920,000.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | India | 54,643,400,000.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Italy | 48,758,480,000.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Mexico | 46,099,940,000.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Indonesia | 38,659,420,000.00 | 2021 |
| 23 | Poland | 34,564,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Sweden | 34,055,710,000.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Malaysia | 33,230,360,000.00 | 2021 |
| 26 | Austria | 30,377,470,000.00 | 2021 |
| 27 | Korea | 28,934,300,000.00 | 2021 |
| 28 | Hungary | 23,931,220,000.00 | 2021 |
| 29 | Thailand | 23,763,200,000.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Israel | 23,567,400,000.00 | 2021 |
| 31 | Czech Republic | 21,899,810,000.00 | 2021 |
| 32 | Denmark | 21,777,010,000.00 | 2021 |
| 33 | Norway | 20,194,130,000.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Chile | 20,099,200,000.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Cyprus | 19,446,720,000.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Ukraine | 19,065,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 37 | Finland | 18,571,570,000.00 | 2021 |
| 38 | Turkey | 18,504,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 17,037,870,000.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Vietnam | 16,245,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Argentina | 14,236,550,000.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Colombia | 13,905,910,000.00 | 2021 |
| 43 | South Africa | 13,611,740,000.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Qatar | 13,530,490,000.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Portugal | 12,725,170,000.00 | 2021 |
| 46 | Malta | 12,034,240,000.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Egypt | 11,560,020,000.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Romania | 10,748,080,000.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | New Zealand | 9,344,647,000.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Philippines | 8,758,163,000.00 | 2021 |
| 51 | Peru | 8,410,180,000.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 7,897,996,000.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Venezuela | 7,525,000,000.00 | 2016 |
| 54 | Greece | 7,520,820,000.00 | 2020 |
| 55 | Nigeria | 7,315,630,000.00 | 2020 |
| 56 | Oman | 6,119,335,000.00 | 2020 |
| 57 | Mauritius | 5,772,699,000.00 | 2020 |
| 58 | Cayman Islands | 5,755,253,000.00 | 2019 |
| 59 | Slovak Republic | 5,628,790,000.00 | 2020 |
| 60 | Angola | 5,459,946,000.00 | 2020 |
| 61 | Pakistan | 5,114,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 62 | Bahrain | 4,494,415,000.00 | 2018 |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 4,242,200,000.00 | 2020 |
| 64 | Ghana | 4,136,997,000.00 | 2020 |
| 65 | Myanmar | 3,895,830,000.00 | 2019 |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 3,848,360,000.00 | 2020 |
| 67 | Algeria | 3,828,504,000.00 | 2020 |
| 68 | Uruguay | 3,511,007,000.00 | 2020 |
| 69 | Belarus | 3,464,656,000.00 | 2021 |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 3,347,770,000.00 | 2020 |
| 71 | Kuwait | 3,255,412,000.00 | 2020 |
| 72 | Panama | 3,134,363,000.00 | 2020 |
| 73 | Lithuania | 2,957,473,000.00 | 2020 |
| 74 | Ecuador | 2,914,627,000.00 | 2020 |
| 75 | Slovenia | 2,861,297,000.00 | 2021 |
| 76 | Estonia | 2,783,755,000.00 | 2021 |
| 77 | Iraq | 2,757,400,000.00 | 2020 |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 2,751,458,000.00 | 2021 |
| 79 | Latvia | 2,444,050,000.00 | 2021 |
| 80 | Guatemala | 2,402,779,000.00 | 2020 |
| 81 | Lebanon | 2,382,693,000.00 | 2020 |
| 82 | Morocco | 2,326,875,000.00 | 2020 |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 2,311,825,000.00 | 2020 |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 2,299,534,000.00 | 2020 |
| 85 | Serbia | 2,277,577,000.00 | 2020 |
| 86 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,246,014,000.00 | 2020 |
| 87 | Macao SAR, China | 2,119,906,000.00 | 2020 |
| 88 | Croatia | 1,855,124,000.00 | 2020 |
| 89 | Cambodia | 1,851,842,000.00 | 2021 |
| 90 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,826,518,000.00 | 2010 |
| 91 | Kenya | 1,788,495,000.00 | 2020 |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 1,773,768,000.00 | 2020 |
| 93 | Honduras | 1,757,560,000.00 | 2020 |
| 94 | Tunisia | 1,696,726,000.00 | 2020 |
| 95 | Georgia | 1,696,290,000.00 | 2020 |
| 96 | Mongolia | 1,594,727,000.00 | 2020 |
| 97 | Sudan | 1,534,535,000.00 | 2020 |
| 98 | El Salvador | 1,473,272,000.00 | 2020 |
| 99 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 1,467,337,000.00 | 2020 |
| 100 | Libya | 1,383,800,000.00 | 2019 |
| 101 | Paraguay | 1,225,011,000.00 | 2020 |
| 102 | Lao PDR | 1,095,315,000.00 | 2020 |
| 103 | Senegal | 1,045,015,000.00 | 2018 |
| 104 | Jordan | 1,037,507,000.00 | 2020 |
| 105 | Tanzania | 1,007,538,000.00 | 2020 |
| 106 | Cameroon | 1,000,896,000.00 | 2020 |
| 107 | Mali | 893,173,200.00 | 2020 |
| 108 | Barbados | 832,254,000.00 | 2016 |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 805,419,200.00 | 2021 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 803,994,300.00 | 2020 |
| 111 | Jamaica | 799,964,400.00 | 2020 |
| 112 | Uganda | 700,451,600.00 | 2020 |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 673,609,300.00 | 2020 |
| 114 | Armenia | 656,229,000.00 | 2020 |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 647,917,700.00 | 2018 |
| 116 | Albania | 636,379,100.00 | 2020 |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 628,346,000.00 | 2020 |
| 118 | Iran | 604,000,000.00 | 2000 |
| 119 | Brunei | 559,795,800.00 | 2020 |
| 120 | Zambia | 545,999,900.00 | 2020 |
| 121 | Bolivia | 528,874,900.00 | 2020 |
| 122 | Mozambique | 515,633,600.00 | 2020 |
| 123 | Eswatini | 513,675,100.00 | 2020 |
| 124 | Madagascar | 496,666,300.00 | 2020 |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 480,586,900.00 | 2020 |
| 126 | The Bahamas | 475,081,400.00 | 2020 |
| 127 | Suriname | 472,018,200.00 | 2020 |
| 128 | Moldova | 465,860,000.00 | 2020 |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 463,736,100.00 | 2020 |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 409,300,000.00 | 2020 |
| 131 | Congo | 404,296,300.00 | 2016 |
| 132 | Botswana | 395,512,800.00 | 2020 |
| 133 | Yemen | 380,867,000.00 | 2016 |
| 134 | Iceland | 378,969,300.00 | 2021 |
| 135 | Niger | 352,287,100.00 | 2020 |
| 136 | Fiji | 335,955,400.00 | 2020 |
| 137 | Benin | 333,648,500.00 | 2020 |
| 138 | Malawi | 314,347,200.00 | 2020 |
| 139 | Guyana | 297,790,200.00 | 2020 |
| 140 | Montenegro | 295,168,200.00 | 2021 |
| 141 | Namibia | 279,772,700.00 | 2020 |
| 142 | Kyrgyz Republic | 277,045,200.00 | 2020 |
| 143 | Andorra | 264,874,400.00 | 2019 |
| 144 | Togo | 241,073,000.00 | 2020 |
| 145 | Rwanda | 218,252,300.00 | 2020 |
| 146 | Gabon | 215,497,700.00 | 2015 |
| 147 | Nepal | 211,451,800.00 | 2021 |
| 148 | Mauritania | 190,191,900.00 | 2020 |
| 149 | Bhutan | 178,039,300.00 | 2020 |
| 150 | Guinea | 177,320,000.00 | 2020 |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 176,380,900.00 | 2020 |
| 152 | Djibouti | 162,624,600.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 159,986,300.00 | 2016 |
| 154 | Liberia | 128,401,200.00 | 2019 |
| 155 | Lesotho | 119,862,600.00 | 2021 |
| 156 | Grenada | 88,756,110.00 | 2020 |
| 157 | Seychelles | 79,185,460.00 | 2020 |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 66,995,470.00 | 2020 |
| 159 | Cabo Verde | 66,239,870.00 | 2020 |
| 160 | Belize | 66,225,750.00 | 2020 |
| 161 | St. Lucia | 61,060,820.00 | 2020 |
| 162 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59,098,580.00 | 2020 |
| 163 | The Gambia | 55,594,810.00 | 2021 |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 51,173,780.00 | 2020 |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 45,184,030.00 | 1996 |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 41,841,270.00 | 2020 |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 41,383,890.00 | 2020 |
| 168 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 40,713,500.00 | 2020 |
| 169 | Samoa | 33,672,130.00 | 2020 |
| 170 | Palau | 25,263,670.00 | 2017 |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 22,694,330.00 | 1994 |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 20,797,890.00 | 2020 |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 19,268,880.00 | 2020 |
| 174 | Haiti | 19,174,770.00 | 2021 |
| 175 | Tonga | 15,513,130.00 | 2020 |
| 176 | Chad | 12,384,620.00 | 1994 |
| 177 | Burundi | 10,645,720.00 | 2018 |
| 178 | Eritrea | 10,544,160.00 | 2000 |
| 179 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,206,830.00 | 2020 |
| 180 | Dominica | 4,682,739.00 | 2020 |
| 181 | São Tomé and Principe | 3,484,944.00 | 2020 |
| 182 | Comoros | 3,323,746.00 | 2020 |
| 183 | Kiribati | 2,629,428.00 | 2020 |
| 184 | Nauru | 1,433,354.00 | 2018 |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 87,948.71 | 2019 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
