North America - Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in North America was $860,207,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $1,011,240,000,000 in 2019 and $8,612,208,000 in 1970.

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:

Year Value
1970 $8,612,208,000
1971 $9,068,689,000
1972 $10,405,360,000
1973 $15,427,150,000
1974 $20,692,780,000
1975 $20,937,260,000
1976 $22,524,460,000
1977 $24,923,180,000
1978 $35,022,370,000
1979 $50,484,930,000
1980 $61,721,250,000
1981 $78,649,570,000
1982 $78,920,070,000
1983 $76,161,380,000
1984 $99,113,440,000
1985 $97,618,890,000
1986 $104,733,000,000
1987 $121,015,000,000
1988 $149,999,000,000
1989 $176,798,000,000
1990 $179,017,000,000
1991 $156,813,000,000
1992 $139,657,000,000
1993 $143,319,000,000
1994 $184,909,000,000
1995 $232,079,000,000
1996 $245,698,000,000
1997 $290,333,000,000
1998 $300,782,000,000
1999 $338,618,000,000
2000 $399,439,000,000
2001 $331,691,000,000
2002 $329,112,000,000
2003 $362,267,000,000
2004 $436,929,000,000
2005 $555,247,000,000
2006 $728,711,000,000
2007 $843,109,000,000
2008 $798,439,000,000
2009 $604,947,000,000
2010 $638,152,000,000
2011 $684,003,000,000
2012 $692,943,000,000
2013 $715,551,000,000
2014 $746,263,000,000
2015 $725,137,000,000
2016 $744,542,000,000
2017 $834,436,000,000
2018 $957,976,000,000
2019 $1,011,240,000,000
2020 $860,207,000,000

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.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments