Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Net primary income

Costa Rica
-9.84 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Nigeria
-9.09 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
174th
Nigeria rank
173rd

Net primary income over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Nigeria
-30.0B-20.0B-10.0B0197720012025

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports -9.09 billion BoP, current US$ against -9.84 billion BoP, current US$ in Costa Rica, a difference of 751.52 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 174th and Nigeria ranks 173rd of 199 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s -108.60 million BoP, current US$ -404.53 million BoP, current US$ 295.93 million BoP, current US$ Costa Rica
1980s -306.82 million BoP, current US$ -1.51 billion BoP, current US$ 1.20 billion BoP, current US$ Costa Rica
1990s -391.18 million BoP, current US$ -1.97 billion BoP, current US$ 1.58 billion BoP, current US$ Costa Rica
2000s -746.14 million BoP, current US$ -6.32 billion BoP, current US$ 5.57 billion BoP, current US$ Costa Rica
2010s -2.32 billion BoP, current US$ -15.67 billion BoP, current US$ 13.36 billion BoP, current US$ Costa Rica
2020s -6.40 billion BoP, current US$ -8.58 billion BoP, current US$ 2.19 billion BoP, current US$ Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net primary income, Costa Rica or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at -9.09 billion BoP, current US$ against -9.84 billion BoP, current US$ in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in net primary income between Costa Rica and Nigeria?
751.52 million BoP, current US$, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nigeria?
49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Nigeria rank globally for net primary income?
Costa Rica ranks 174th and Nigeria ranks 173rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Net primary income (BoP, current US$). 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
200 places, 7,801 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.