OECD members - Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in OECD members was $3,017,680,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 38 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $3,734,650,000,000 in 2007 and $239,647,000,000 in 1983.

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
1982 $273,467,000,000
1983 $239,647,000,000
1984 $271,558,000,000
1985 $271,966,000,000
1986 $297,305,000,000
1987 $347,775,000,000
1988 $420,485,000,000
1989 $517,004,000,000
1990 $618,932,000,000
1991 $633,662,000,000
1992 $645,553,000,000
1993 $650,047,000,000
1994 $643,750,000,000
1995 $775,786,000,000
1996 $878,530,000,000
1997 $909,435,000,000
1998 $944,617,000,000
1999 $1,061,670,000,000
2000 $1,211,150,000,000
2001 $1,111,990,000,000
2002 $1,140,170,000,000
2003 $1,312,090,000,000
2004 $1,675,160,000,000
2005 $2,228,820,000,000
2006 $2,851,280,000,000
2007 $3,734,650,000,000
2008 $3,666,520,000,000
2009 $2,595,560,000,000
2010 $2,716,040,000,000
2011 $3,033,910,000,000
2012 $2,879,000,000,000
2013 $2,953,290,000,000
2014 $3,106,980,000,000
2015 $2,836,780,000,000
2016 $2,905,390,000,000
2017 $3,137,350,000,000
2018 $3,559,090,000,000
2019 $3,516,200,000,000
2020 $3,017,680,000,000

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