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Economic Outlook No 117 — Balance of primary income as a percent of GDP by country

The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the...

Countries reporting
44
Highest
6.59
Japan
Lowest
-29.93
Luxembourg
Median
-1.18
Years covered
67
1960–2026
Data points
2,159

What the numbers show

Economic Outlook No 117 — Balance of primary income as a percent of GDP is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 6.59 in Japan; the lowest is -29.93 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is -1.18, and the mean is -2.21.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 2,034.7%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 2,238.8%).

Economic Outlook No 117 — Balance of primary income as a percent of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 6.59 2026 up 88.1% volatile
1 Lithuania 0.0315 2026 up 100.9% volatile
2 Norway 4.69 2026 up 9.1% volatile
2 Croatia 1.35 2026 up 174.2% volatile
2 Türkiye -1.11 2026 down 5.3% falling
3 Sweden 4.23 2026 up 2,034.7% volatile
4 Germany 2.99 2026 up 5.2% volatile
4 Slovenia -1.25 2026 up 46.8% volatile
5 Denmark 2.79 2026 up 11.2% volatile
5 Netherlands -1.3 2026 up 56.1% volatile
6 France 1.99 2026 down 4.5% volatile
6 Latvia -1.59 2026 down 1,044.8% volatile
7 Belgium 1.23 2026 up 29.0% flat
7 Estonia -1.89 2026 up 10.8% volatile
8 United States 0.1564 2026 down 85.0% volatile
8 Poland -3.05 2026 up 22.4% volatile
9 Austria 0.1477 2026 up 438.7% volatile
10 Italy 0.0647 2026 down 75.3% volatile
11 Spain -0.0543 2026 down 133.7% volatile
12 Iceland -0.0641 2026 down 103.3% volatile
13 Finland -0.1157 2026 down 124.5% volatile
14 Canada -0.1221 2026 up 80.5% volatile
15 China -0.3022 2026 up 37.8% volatile
16 Greece -0.6509 2026 down 49.1% volatile
17 Argentina -0.7834 2026 up 64.3% rising
18 United Kingdom -0.9246 2026 up 60.6% volatile
19 Israel -1.01 2026 down 2,238.8% volatile
20 India -1.35 2026 down 10.6% falling
21 Portugal -1.98 2026 up 5.6% volatile
22 Hungary -2.12 2026 up 12.4% rising
23 Switzerland -2.28 2026 down 465.3% volatile
24 Romania -2.3 2026 down 71.6% volatile
25 Indonesia -2.46 2026 up 22.6% rising
26 Mexico -2.5 2026 up 7.9% rising
27 Australia -3.01 2026 down 26.4% falling
28 Colombia -3.14 2026 down 68.0% falling
29 New Zealand -3.8 2026 down 28.5% falling
30 Czechia -4.15 2026 up 20.7% falling
31 Bulgaria -4.52 2026 up 10.5% falling
32 Chile -4.93 2026 down 77.0% falling
33 Peru -5.67 2026 down 22.3% falling
34 Costa Rica -8.94 2026 down 115.8% falling
35 Ireland -26.08 2026 down 40.8% volatile
36 Luxembourg -29.93 2026 up 21.3% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Economic Outlook No 117 — Balance of primary income as a percent of GDP
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Coverage
49 places, 2,159 data points, 1960–2026
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The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments. OECD (2025), OECD Economic Outlook No 117 (Edition 2025/1) EO117 Database documentation EO117 Last historical points gdp inflation cpi population unemployment real gdp gdp per capita employment OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact : eco.outlook@oecd.org Keywords : Outlook, forecasts, forecast, GDP