Nicaragua vs Papua New Guinea: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita

Nicaragua
197.54 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
189.2 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Nicaragua rank
127th
Papua New Guinea rank
129th

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

  • Nicaragua
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 197.54 BoP, current US$ per person against 189.2 BoP, current US$ per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 8.34 BoP, current US$ per person.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 127th and Papua New Guinea ranks 129th of 200 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nicaragua Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 29.36 BoP, current US$ per person 37.88 BoP, current US$ per person 8.51 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 62.28 BoP, current US$ per person 63.83 BoP, current US$ per person 1.55 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 76.04 BoP, current US$ per person 80.62 BoP, current US$ per person 4.58 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 48.87 BoP, current US$ per person 80.65 BoP, current US$ per person 31.77 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 85.53 BoP, current US$ per person 112.43 BoP, current US$ per person 26.9 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 160.99 BoP, current US$ per person 172.58 BoP, current US$ per person 11.58 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita, Nicaragua or Papua New Guinea?
Nicaragua, at 197.54 BoP, current US$ per person against 189.2 BoP, current US$ per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita between Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea?
8.34 BoP, current US$ per person, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita?
Nicaragua ranks 127th and Papua New Guinea ranks 129th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.