Iceland vs Portugal: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita

Iceland
2,678 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Portugal
2,345 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Iceland rank
36th
Portugal rank
39th

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

  • Iceland
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 2,678 BoP, current US$ per person against 2,345 BoP, current US$ per person in Portugal, a difference of 333 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 36th and Portugal ranks 39th of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 326.71 BoP, current US$ per person 36.52 BoP, current US$ per person 290.19 BoP, current US$ per person Iceland
1980s 751.78 BoP, current US$ per person 123.88 BoP, current US$ per person 627.91 BoP, current US$ per person Iceland
1990s 1,037 BoP, current US$ per person 364.63 BoP, current US$ per person 672.23 BoP, current US$ per person Iceland
2000s 7,441 BoP, current US$ per person 1,552 BoP, current US$ per person 5,888 BoP, current US$ per person Iceland
2010s 4,324 BoP, current US$ per person 1,706 BoP, current US$ per person 2,618 BoP, current US$ per person Iceland
2020s 2,540 BoP, current US$ per person 1,777 BoP, current US$ per person 762.45 BoP, current US$ per person Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita, Iceland or Portugal?
Iceland, at 2,678 BoP, current US$ per person against 2,345 BoP, current US$ per person in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita between Iceland and Portugal?
333 BoP, current US$ per person, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Portugal?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Iceland and Portugal rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita?
Iceland ranks 36th and Portugal ranks 39th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.