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

Upper middle income
0.0318 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Zambia
0.1125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Upper middle income rank
30th
Zambia rank
29th

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

  • Upper middle income
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.1125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0318 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0807 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Zambia's figure about 3.5 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Zambia ahead.

Upper middle income ranks 30th and Zambia ranks 29th of 47 groups.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Upper middle income Zambia Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0305 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1448 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1144 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1990s 0.0286 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1067 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0781 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2000s 0.0298 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0681 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0383 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2010s 0.0299 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0363 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0064 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2020s 0.0308 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0708 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.04 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Upper middle income or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.1125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0318 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Upper middle income and Zambia?
0.0807 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Zambia?
33 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Upper middle income and Zambia rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Upper middle income ranks 30th and Zambia ranks 29th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.