Costa Rica vs Palau: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita

Costa Rica
2,141 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Palau
2,270 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
43rd
Palau rank
41st

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita over time

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How they compare

Palau currently reports 2,270 BoP, current US$ per person against 2,141 BoP, current US$ per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 129 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Palau ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 43rd and Palau ranks 41st of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Palau Difference Ahead
2000s 262.05 BoP, current US$ per person 429.9 BoP, current US$ per person 167.85 BoP, current US$ per person Palau
2010s 555.05 BoP, current US$ per person 1,325 BoP, current US$ per person 770.2 BoP, current US$ per person Palau
2020s 1,102 BoP, current US$ per person 1,234 BoP, current US$ per person 132.58 BoP, current US$ per person Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita, Costa Rica or Palau?
Palau, at 2,270 BoP, current US$ per person against 2,141 BoP, current US$ per person in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita between Costa Rica and Palau?
129 BoP, current US$ per person, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Palau?
19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Palau rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 43rd and Palau ranks 41st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 9,548 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.