Euro area vs Ireland: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

Euro area
0.0884 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Ireland
0.7407 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Euro area rank
4th
Ireland rank
5th

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

  • Euro area
  • Ireland
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 0.7407 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0884 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Euro area, a difference of 0.6523 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Ireland's figure about 8.4 times Euro area's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.

Euro area ranks 4th and Ireland ranks 5th of 47 groups.

Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Ireland Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1101 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5066 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3965 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Ireland
2010s 0.1117 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.39 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Ireland
2020s 0.1293 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.6315 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Euro area or Ireland?
Ireland, at 0.7407 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0884 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Euro area as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Euro area and Ireland?
0.6523 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Ireland?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Euro area and Ireland rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Euro area ranks 4th and Ireland ranks 5th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.