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

Norway
0.1062 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sweden
0.1061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Norway rank
33rd
Sweden rank
34th

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

  • Norway
  • Sweden
00.0250.050.0750.10.125197019972025

How they compare

Norway currently reports 0.1062 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sweden, a difference of 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 33rd and Sweden ranks 34th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0312 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0102 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Norway
1980s 0.0511 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0344 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0167 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Norway
1990s 0.0464 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0698 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0234 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Sweden
2000s 0.0708 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0901 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0193 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Sweden
2010s 0.0676 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0877 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0201 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Sweden
2020s 0.0883 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0933 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0049 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$), per unit of gdp, Norway or Sweden?
Norway, at 0.1062 BoP, current US$ 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$), per unit of gdp between Norway and Sweden?
0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
51 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2025.
How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Norway ranks 33rd and Sweden ranks 34th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Norway vs Sweden: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-payments-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/norway/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-payments-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/norway/sweden/">Norway vs Sweden: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.