World - Income payments

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in World was $4,273,830,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 27 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $4,972,010,000,000 in 2018 and $743,345,000,000 in 1993.

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
1993 $743,345,000,000
1994 $750,128,000,000
1995 $913,488,000,000
1996 $1,026,760,000,000
1997 $1,066,950,000,000
1998 $1,157,460,000,000
1999 $1,283,400,000,000
2000 $1,461,910,000,000
2001 $1,349,090,000,000
2002 $1,363,120,000,000
2003 $1,567,650,000,000
2004 $1,975,490,000,000
2005 $2,653,880,000,000
2006 $3,384,350,000,000
2007 $4,427,950,000,000
2008 $4,453,540,000,000
2009 $3,292,160,000,000
2010 $3,609,020,000,000
2011 $4,103,180,000,000
2012 $3,941,260,000,000
2013 $4,115,370,000,000
2014 $4,229,770,000,000
2015 $3,908,970,000,000
2016 $3,997,360,000,000
2017 $4,385,190,000,000
2018 $4,972,010,000,000
2019 $4,931,030,000,000
2020 $4,273,830,000,000

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments