Portugal vs Seychelles: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Portugal
270,350 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Seychelles
270,365 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal rank
40th
Seychelles rank
39th

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

  • Portugal
  • Seychelles
-200.0k0200.0k400.0k197519992023

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 270,365 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 270,350 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Portugal, a difference of 15 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Seychelles ahead.

Portugal ranks 40th and Seychelles ranks 39th of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 2 and Seychelles in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Seychelles Difference Ahead
1970s 3,813 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 11,697 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 7,884 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
1980s 13,495 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 23,245 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 9,750 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
1990s 40,190 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 48,750 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 8,560 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
2000s 178,219 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 124,172 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54,047 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2010s 194,155 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 181,654 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 12,501 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2020s 186,466 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 215,040 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 28,574 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Portugal or Seychelles?
Seychelles, at 270,365 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 270,350 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Portugal and Seychelles?
15 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Seychelles?
48 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2023.
How do Portugal and Seychelles rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Portugal ranks 40th and Seychelles ranks 39th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. 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$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,137 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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