Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking
Definition: Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). 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 | 957,859,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 328,601,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 286,868,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Germany | 277,815,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 5 | Japan | 276,807,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | China | 241,681,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 199,129,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | France | 191,270,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 174,615,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 144,907,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Ireland | 134,433,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 12 | Singapore | 125,281,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 13 | Canada | 115,955,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 14 | Belgium | 73,828,790,000.00 | 2021 |
| 15 | Italy | 72,307,890,000.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Spain | 64,514,890,000.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Sweden | 52,977,050,000.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Korea | 48,262,500,000.00 | 2021 |
| 19 | Russia | 44,786,560,000.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Australia | 44,696,230,000.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Kuwait | 39,482,350,000.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Denmark | 34,245,260,000.00 | 2021 |
| 23 | Norway | 33,200,510,000.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Austria | 29,897,250,000.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Brazil | 29,791,260,000.00 | 2021 |
| 26 | Finland | 23,674,350,000.00 | 2021 |
| 27 | India | 22,598,570,000.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 22,128,050,000.00 | 2021 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 21,725,300,000.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Hungary | 18,400,350,000.00 | 2021 |
| 31 | Cyprus | 17,952,690,000.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Israel | 16,192,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 33 | Ukraine | 14,048,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 34 | Poland | 13,311,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Czech Republic | 12,486,670,000.00 | 2021 |
| 36 | Thailand | 12,322,840,000.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Philippines | 11,983,190,000.00 | 2021 |
| 38 | Malta | 10,594,580,000.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Qatar | 10,478,020,000.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Portugal | 9,671,724,000.00 | 2021 |
| 41 | Mexico | 9,280,607,000.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Chile | 9,135,419,000.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | South Africa | 7,892,114,000.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Greece | 7,173,580,000.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Macao SAR, China | 6,895,386,000.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Mauritius | 6,869,967,000.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Romania | 6,757,474,000.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Turkey | 6,726,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 49 | Indonesia | 6,699,428,000.00 | 2021 |
| 50 | Colombia | 5,851,879,000.00 | 2021 |
| 51 | New Zealand | 5,647,221,000.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | Slovak Republic | 4,387,935,000.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Cayman Islands | 4,312,717,000.00 | 2019 |
| 54 | Argentina | 4,039,217,000.00 | 2020 |
| 55 | Croatia | 3,195,085,000.00 | 2020 |
| 56 | Libya | 2,870,900,000.00 | 2019 |
| 57 | Bahrain | 2,418,351,000.00 | 2018 |
| 58 | Estonia | 2,251,261,000.00 | 2021 |
| 59 | Slovenia | 2,071,350,000.00 | 2021 |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 2,054,500,000.00 | 2020 |
| 61 | Peru | 2,027,551,000.00 | 2020 |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 1,855,547,000.00 | 2020 |
| 63 | Latvia | 1,675,305,000.00 | 2021 |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 1,583,034,000.00 | 2020 |
| 65 | Nigeria | 1,558,652,000.00 | 2020 |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 1,540,536,000.00 | 2020 |
| 67 | Vietnam | 1,428,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 68 | Panama | 1,422,485,000.00 | 2020 |
| 69 | Myanmar | 1,362,113,000.00 | 2019 |
| 70 | Lebanon | 1,339,700,000.00 | 2020 |
| 71 | Lithuania | 1,319,239,000.00 | 2020 |
| 72 | Guatemala | 1,023,320,000.00 | 2020 |
| 73 | Iraq | 971,100,000.00 | 2020 |
| 74 | Georgia | 961,825,800.00 | 2020 |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 941,170,000.00 | 2020 |
| 76 | Brunei | 919,431,000.00 | 2020 |
| 77 | Jordan | 913,380,300.00 | 2020 |
| 78 | Moldova | 856,210,000.00 | 2020 |
| 79 | Algeria | 846,285,800.00 | 2020 |
| 80 | Belarus | 825,242,000.00 | 2021 |
| 81 | Morocco | 796,406,700.00 | 2020 |
| 82 | Ghana | 738,450,800.00 | 2020 |
| 83 | Oman | 727,352,400.00 | 2020 |
| 84 | Pakistan | 693,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 85 | Timor-Leste | 687,155,600.00 | 2020 |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 675,889,700.00 | 2016 |
| 87 | Serbia | 650,542,500.00 | 2020 |
| 88 | Uruguay | 635,047,000.00 | 2020 |
| 89 | Venezuela | 607,000,000.00 | 2016 |
| 90 | Lesotho | 604,760,900.00 | 2021 |
| 91 | Tunisia | 594,732,200.00 | 2020 |
| 92 | Andorra | 572,078,000.00 | 2019 |
| 93 | Egypt | 544,556,100.00 | 2020 |
| 94 | Angola | 535,789,000.00 | 2020 |
| 95 | Iceland | 473,399,000.00 | 2021 |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 465,899,300.00 | 2020 |
| 97 | Armenia | 460,111,300.00 | 2020 |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 456,306,800.00 | 2020 |
| 99 | Nepal | 450,738,000.00 | 2021 |
| 100 | Senegal | 444,139,100.00 | 2018 |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 438,176,500.00 | 2021 |
| 102 | Cambodia | 424,304,700.00 | 2021 |
| 103 | Montenegro | 417,852,500.00 | 2021 |
| 104 | Iran | 404,000,000.00 | 2000 |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 399,606,100.00 | 2020 |
| 106 | Albania | 386,138,400.00 | 2020 |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 385,300,000.00 | 2020 |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 348,959,500.00 | 2020 |
| 109 | Jamaica | 345,423,500.00 | 2020 |
| 110 | Mongolia | 341,480,700.00 | 2020 |
| 111 | Syrian Arab Republic | 312,819,900.00 | 2010 |
| 112 | Togo | 283,828,200.00 | 2020 |
| 113 | Barbados | 255,502,700.00 | 2016 |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 248,296,500.00 | 2020 |
| 115 | Namibia | 241,298,000.00 | 2020 |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 240,400,900.00 | 2020 |
| 117 | Mozambique | 216,026,800.00 | 2020 |
| 118 | Benin | 212,285,400.00 | 2020 |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 198,299,300.00 | 2020 |
| 120 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 193,002,800.00 | 2020 |
| 121 | Mauritania | 163,028,500.00 | 2020 |
| 122 | Cameroon | 162,418,500.00 | 2020 |
| 123 | El Salvador | 159,486,400.00 | 2020 |
| 124 | Kiribati | 158,193,900.00 | 2020 |
| 125 | Paraguay | 156,682,000.00 | 2020 |
| 126 | Mali | 154,398,500.00 | 2020 |
| 127 | Botswana | 146,775,300.00 | 2020 |
| 128 | Niger | 144,268,400.00 | 2020 |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 143,145,400.00 | 2021 |
| 130 | Honduras | 141,197,700.00 | 2020 |
| 131 | Kenya | 117,878,600.00 | 2020 |
| 132 | Bolivia | 115,803,700.00 | 2020 |
| 133 | Tanzania | 111,189,500.00 | 2020 |
| 134 | Gabon | 111,169,300.00 | 2015 |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 108,948,600.00 | 2020 |
| 136 | Eswatini | 103,218,800.00 | 2020 |
| 137 | Ecuador | 85,933,700.00 | 2020 |
| 138 | Lao PDR | 82,905,860.00 | 2020 |
| 139 | Guyana | 75,781,800.00 | 2020 |
| 140 | Guinea-Bissau | 66,815,900.00 | 2020 |
| 141 | Djibouti | 64,055,460.00 | 2020 |
| 142 | Fiji | 61,827,000.00 | 2020 |
| 143 | Sudan | 61,328,140.00 | 2020 |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 56,645,220.00 | 2020 |
| 145 | Tonga | 52,664,000.00 | 2020 |
| 146 | Nicaragua | 45,800,000.00 | 2020 |
| 147 | Madagascar | 45,572,900.00 | 2020 |
| 148 | Haiti | 42,254,160.00 | 2021 |
| 149 | Nauru | 42,222,010.00 | 2018 |
| 150 | Uganda | 41,462,430.00 | 2020 |
| 151 | The Bahamas | 35,544,000.00 | 2020 |
| 152 | Zambia | 35,309,240.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | St. Lucia | 34,000,720.00 | 2020 |
| 154 | Tuvalu | 33,254,130.00 | 2019 |
| 155 | Guinea | 32,530,000.00 | 2020 |
| 156 | Liberia | 32,047,250.00 | 2019 |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 31,436,630.00 | 2018 |
| 158 | Bhutan | 29,507,920.00 | 2020 |
| 159 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 26,855,330.00 | 2020 |
| 160 | Cabo Verde | 25,322,620.00 | 2020 |
| 161 | Palau | 21,892,370.00 | 2017 |
| 162 | Kyrgyz Republic | 20,620,880.00 | 2020 |
| 163 | Yemen | 18,349,930.00 | 2016 |
| 164 | Burundi | 16,739,290.00 | 2018 |
| 165 | Grenada | 16,251,610.00 | 2020 |
| 166 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15,776,050.00 | 2020 |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 15,232,070.00 | 2020 |
| 168 | Congo | 13,755,290.00 | 2016 |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 12,852,350.00 | 2020 |
| 170 | Seychelles | 12,495,300.00 | 2020 |
| 171 | Dominica | 11,593,590.00 | 2020 |
| 172 | Rwanda | 11,538,020.00 | 2020 |
| 173 | Samoa | 9,496,331.00 | 2020 |
| 174 | Comoros | 9,235,161.00 | 2020 |
| 175 | Eritrea | 9,140,926.00 | 2000 |
| 176 | Suriname | 7,664,371.00 | 2020 |
| 177 | Belize | 7,589,629.00 | 2020 |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 7,569,389.00 | 2020 |
| 179 | Malawi | 6,938,496.00 | 2020 |
| 180 | São Tomé and Principe | 6,410,284.00 | 2020 |
| 181 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,560,770.00 | 2020 |
| 182 | The Gambia | 5,137,472.00 | 2021 |
| 183 | Chad | 5,046,788.00 | 1994 |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 164,206.00 | 1996 |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 0.00 | 1994 |
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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.
