Congo vs Upper middle income: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

Congo
0.1154 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2021
Upper middle income
0.0318 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Congo rank
27th
Upper middle income rank
30th

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Congo
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.1154 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0318 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0836 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Congo's figure about 3.6 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 30th of 199 countries.

Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Congo Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 0.1394 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0305 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1089 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Congo
1990s 0.2163 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0273 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1889 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Congo
2000s 0.2001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0298 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1702 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Congo
2010s 0.0506 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0297 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0209 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Congo
2020s 0.0616 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0302 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0314 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Congo or Upper middle income?
Congo, at 0.1154 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0318 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2021.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Congo and Upper middle income?
0.0836 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Upper middle income?
32 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2021.
How do Congo and Upper middle income rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Congo ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 30th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. 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$), per unit of GDP
Unit
BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
246 places, 9,470 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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