South Africa vs Uruguay: Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

South Africa
0.0285 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Uruguay
0.0276 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
South Africa rank
95th
Uruguay rank
97th

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

  • South Africa
  • Uruguay
00.010.020.030.04196019922025

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.0285 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0276 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1978 it was South Africa ahead.

South Africa ranks 95th and Uruguay ranks 97th of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0084 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0056 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP South Africa
1980s 0.0101 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Uruguay
1990s 0.0072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0148 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Uruguay
2000s 0.0167 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0302 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0136 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Uruguay
2010s 0.0172 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0196 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Uruguay
2020s 0.0274 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0238 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0036 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, South Africa or Uruguay?
South Africa, at 0.0285 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0276 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Uruguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in primary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between South Africa and Uruguay?
0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Uruguay?
48 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2025.
How do South Africa and Uruguay rank globally for primary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
South Africa ranks 95th and Uruguay ranks 97th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), 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

South Africa vs Uruguay: Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-receipts-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/south-africa/uruguay/

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-receipts-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/south-africa/uruguay/">South Africa vs Uruguay: Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary income receipts (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
245 places, 9,254 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Primary income receipts (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.