Costa Rica vs Zambia: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

Costa Rica
0.1072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Zambia
0.1125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
32nd
Zambia rank
29th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.1125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Zambia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 32nd and Zambia ranks 29th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0375 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0558 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0182 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1980s 0.0953 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0161 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1990s 0.0654 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1067 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0413 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2000s 0.0519 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0681 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0162 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2010s 0.0488 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0363 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0126 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2020s 0.0807 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0708 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0099 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Costa Rica or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.1125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Costa Rica and Zambia?
0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zambia?
42 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Zambia rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Costa Rica ranks 32nd and Zambia ranks 29th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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
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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.