Kuwait vs Qatar: Net secondary income

Kuwait

-16.96 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Qatar

-12.48 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Kuwait rank

191st

Qatar rank

188th

Net secondary income over time

Kuwait
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports -12.48 billion BoP, current US$ against -16.96 billion BoP, current US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 4.49 billion BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Qatar ahead.

Kuwait ranks 191st and Qatar ranks 188th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Net secondary 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, 7,778 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Net secondary income (from abroad) comprises transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Net secondary income is equal to the unrequited transfers of income from nonresidents to residents minus the unrequited transfers from residents to nonresidents. 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.