Hong Kong vs Malta: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita

Hong Kong
32,647 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Malta
77,628 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Hong Kong rank
6th
Malta rank
4th

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

  • Hong Kong
  • Malta
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k197119972024

How they compare

Malta currently reports 77,628 BoP, current US$ per person against 32,647 BoP, current US$ per person in Hong Kong, a difference of 44,981 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Malta's figure about 2.4 times Hong Kong's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Hong Kong ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 6th and Malta ranks 4th of 200 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Malta Difference Ahead
1990s 6,574 BoP, current US$ per person 2,300 BoP, current US$ per person 4,274 BoP, current US$ per person Hong Kong
2000s 9,994 BoP, current US$ per person 12,691 BoP, current US$ per person 2,698 BoP, current US$ per person Malta
2010s 21,318 BoP, current US$ per person 38,637 BoP, current US$ per person 17,319 BoP, current US$ per person Malta
2020s 28,081 BoP, current US$ per person 62,752 BoP, current US$ per person 34,670 BoP, current US$ per person Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita, Hong Kong or Malta?
Malta, at 77,628 BoP, current US$ per person against 32,647 BoP, current US$ per person in Hong Kong as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita between Hong Kong and Malta?
44,981 BoP, current US$ per person, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Malta?
27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
How do Hong Kong and Malta rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita?
Hong Kong ranks 6th and Malta ranks 4th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hong Kong vs Malta: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-payments-bop-current-us-per-capita/hong-kong-sar-china/malta/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-payments-bop-current-us-per-capita/hong-kong-sar-china/malta/">Hong Kong vs Malta: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.