Barbados vs Namibia: Net primary income (BoP, current US$)

Barbados
-253.07 million BoP, current US$
in 2017
Namibia
-245.58 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Barbados rank
87th
Namibia rank
86th

Net primary income (BoP, current US$) over time

  • Barbados
  • Namibia
-600.0M-400.0M-200.0M0200.0M196719952024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports -245.58 million BoP, current US$ against -253.07 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados, a difference of 7.49 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Namibia ahead.

Barbados ranks 87th and Namibia ranks 86th of 200 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Namibia Difference Ahead
1990s -61.07 million BoP, current US$ 53.97 million BoP, current US$ 115.04 million BoP, current US$ Namibia
2000s -189.05 million BoP, current US$ -71.62 million BoP, current US$ 117.43 million BoP, current US$ Namibia
2010s -301.98 million BoP, current US$ -208.59 million BoP, current US$ 93.39 million BoP, current US$ Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net primary income, Barbados or Namibia?
Namibia, at -245.58 million BoP, current US$ against -253.07 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in net primary income between Barbados and Namibia?
7.49 million BoP, current US$, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Namibia?
28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
How do Barbados and Namibia rank globally for net primary income?
Barbados ranks 87th and Namibia ranks 86th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Net primary income (BoP, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Net primary income (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
201 places, 7,883 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.