Costa Rica vs Sweden: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP
Costa Rica
0.1072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sweden
0.1061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
32nd
Sweden rank
34th
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Sweden
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.1072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sweden, a difference of 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 34th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0344 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0129 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0215 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.0953 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0344 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0608 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.0486 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0698 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0212 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.0519 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0901 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0383 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.0488 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0877 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0388 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.0851 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0933 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0082 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Costa Rica or Sweden?
- Costa Rica, at 0.1072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Sweden rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 34th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.