El Salvador vs Portugal: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

El Salvador
0.0821 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Portugal
0.08 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
54th
Portugal rank
57th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Portugal
00.0250.050.0750.10.125197520002025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0821 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.08 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Portugal, a difference of 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 54th and Portugal ranks 57th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0277 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0147 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 0.0364 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0357 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1990s 0.0234 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0324 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Portugal
2000s 0.0393 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.082 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0427 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Portugal
2010s 0.0504 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0782 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0277 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Portugal
2020s 0.0705 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Portugal?
El Salvador, at 0.0821 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.08 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Portugal?
0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Portugal?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Portugal rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 54th and Portugal ranks 57th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.