Jamaica vs Lesotho: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

Jamaica
0.0418 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lesotho
0.0413 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Jamaica rank
121st
Lesotho rank
124th

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

  • Jamaica
  • Lesotho
00.050.10.150.2197520002025

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.0418 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0413 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Jamaica ahead.

Jamaica ranks 121st and Lesotho ranks 124th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Lesotho Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0629 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0242 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0387 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Jamaica
1980s 0.1129 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0648 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0481 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Jamaica
1990s 0.0773 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0884 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2000s 0.0801 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0878 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0078 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2010s 0.0492 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0609 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0117 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2020s 0.0455 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0498 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Jamaica or Lesotho?
Jamaica, at 0.0418 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0413 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Jamaica and Lesotho?
0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lesotho?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Jamaica and Lesotho rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Jamaica ranks 121st and Lesotho ranks 124th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.