United States - Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in United States was $769,396,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $893,009,000,000 in 2019 and $4,810,000,000 in 1971.

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 $5,070,000,000
1971 $4,810,000,000
1972 $5,850,000,000
1973 $8,950,000,000
1974 $12,110,000,000
1975 $12,580,000,000
1976 $13,320,000,000
1977 $14,670,000,000
1978 $22,160,000,000
1979 $33,430,000,000
1980 $43,090,000,000
1981 $54,260,000,000
1982 $57,140,000,000
1983 $54,450,000,000
1984 $74,858,000,000
1985 $73,944,000,000
1986 $81,583,000,000
1987 $93,891,000,000
1988 $118,037,000,000
1989 $141,490,000,000
1990 $143,190,000,000
1991 $125,110,000,000
1992 $109,521,000,000
1993 $110,742,000,000
1994 $149,383,000,000
1995 $189,365,000,000
1996 $203,809,000,000
1997 $244,195,000,000
1998 $257,546,000,000
1999 $292,570,000,000
2000 $350,983,000,000
2001 $288,119,000,000
2002 $288,888,000,000
2003 $317,679,000,000
2004 $386,257,000,000
2005 $492,109,000,000
2006 $653,940,000,000
2007 $752,582,000,000
2008 $708,225,000,000
2009 $537,682,000,000
2010 $553,309,000,000
2011 $589,038,000,000
2012 $593,754,000,000
2013 $616,043,000,000
2014 $645,619,000,000
2015 $639,725,000,000
2016 $660,797,000,000
2017 $737,499,000,000
2018 $847,284,000,000
2019 $893,009,000,000
2020 $769,396,000,000

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