Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) by country

Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account...

Countries reporting
199
Highest
1.53 trillion BoP, current US$
United States
Lowest
1.07 million BoP, current US$
Sierra Leone
Median
778.62 million BoP, current US$
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,404

What the numbers show

Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 1.53 trillion BoP, current US$ in United States; the lowest is 1.07 million BoP, current US$ in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 778.62 million BoP, current US$, and the mean is 37.70 billion BoP, current US$.

Over the past decade 177 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 7,350.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 94.2%).

Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.53 trillion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 85.5% volatile
2 United Kingdom 527.21 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 151.6% volatile
3 Germany 466.95 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 120.0% volatile
4 Japan 456.54 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 83.6% rising
5 Netherlands 444.08 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 51.5% volatile
6 France 411.93 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 124.8% volatile
7 Luxembourg 386.48 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 35.0% volatile
8 Ireland 351.04 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 304.8% volatile
9 China 342.69 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 53.1% volatile
10 Hong Kong 287.95 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 75.1% volatile
11 Switzerland 246.81 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 69.6% volatile
12 Singapore 219.50 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 206.2% volatile
13 Canada 200.28 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 176.9% volatile
14 Italy 145.93 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 145.7% volatile
15 Spain 138.40 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 128.3% volatile
16 Belgium 115.04 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 71.4% rising
17 Sweden 104.00 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 123.8% volatile
18 Norway 75.42 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 79.1% volatile
19 South Korea 73.02 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 190.9% volatile
20 Australia 72.66 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 83.5% volatile
21 India 54.21 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 273.0% volatile
22 Austria 51.50 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 195.8% rising
23 Denmark 50.55 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 76.0% volatile
24 Kuwait 43.13 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 153.8% volatile
25 Malta 41.26 billion BoP, current US$ 2024 up 201.9% volatile
26 Saudi Arabia 41.18 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 61.0% volatile
27 Finland 34.71 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 98.4% volatile
28 Brazil 33.71 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,384.2% volatile
29 Hungary 28.41 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 163.4% volatile
30 Israel 25.90 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 125.0% volatile
31 Poland 25.55 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 117.9% volatile
32 Russia 25.44 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 down 31.7% volatile
33 Cyprus 23.94 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 down 23.7% volatile
34 Mexico 21.78 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 193.5% volatile
35 Portugal 21.22 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 122.1% volatile
36 Malaysia 20.68 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 64.3% volatile
37 Qatar 19.95 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 155.9% rising
38 Czechia 18.89 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 157.1% volatile
39 Philippines 17.68 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 86.1% volatile
40 Thailand 17.35 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 254.5% volatile
41 Mauritius 12.98 billion BoP, current US$ 2024 up 54.7% volatile
42 Chile 12.88 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 102.2% volatile
43 Macao 12.63 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 174.1% volatile
44 South Africa 12.19 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 54.7% volatile
45 Greece 11.78 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 40.6% volatile
46 Turkey 11.20 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 271.2% volatile
47 New Zealand 10.82 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 97.5% rising
48 Romania 10.31 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 110.4% volatile
49 Colombia 9.73 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 111.8% volatile
50 Indonesia 9.68 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 243.0% volatile
51 Ukraine 8.01 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 38.4% volatile
52 Tajikistan 7.30 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 319.8% volatile
53 Croatia 7.02 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 360.0% volatile
54 Peru 6.53 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 490.5% volatile
55 Uzbekistan 6.43 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 217.4% volatile
56 Argentina 6.39 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 170.8% volatile
57 Cayman Islands 6.16 billion BoP, current US$ 2024 up 187.0% rising
58 Bahrain 6.01 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 168.9% volatile
59 Nigeria 5.89 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 532.5% volatile
60 Slovakia 5.51 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 48.4% volatile
61 Vietnam 5.39 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,250.4% volatile
62 Kazakhstan 4.91 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 117.5% volatile
63 Panama 4.20 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 135.3% volatile
64 Libya 4.03 billion BoP, current US$ 2023 up 68.6% volatile
65 Slovenia 3.62 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 217.3% volatile
66 Iraq 3.53 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,054.2% volatile
67 Lithuania 3.37 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 227.6% volatile
68 Estonia 3.36 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 194.7% volatile
69 Bulgaria 3.31 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 195.6% volatile
70 Latvia 3.25 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 117.2% volatile
71 Bermuda 3.16 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 63.1% rising
72 Belarus 3.08 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 458.4% volatile
73 Algeria 3.04 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 38.3% volatile
74 Egypt 2.97 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 879.8% volatile
75 Azerbaijan 2.90 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 130.6% volatile
76 Guatemala 2.81 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 416.1% volatile
77 Uruguay 2.40 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 148.9% volatile
78 Jordan 2.09 billion BoP, current US$ 2024 up 137.5% volatile
79 Georgia 1.81 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 114.1% volatile
80 Bangladesh 1.65 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,086.8% volatile
81 Serbia 1.55 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 105.6% rising
82 Morocco 1.52 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 191.3% volatile
83 Oman 1.51 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 129.5% volatile
84 Dominican Republic 1.46 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 167.8% volatile
85 Trinidad and Tobago 1.41 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 161.1% volatile
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.38 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 161.4% rising
87 Myanmar 1.36 billion BoP, current US$ 2019 up 1,338.3% volatile
88 Costa Rica 1.21 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 279.3% volatile
89 Albania 1.20 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 188.8% volatile
90 Palestine 1.18 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 down 34.6% volatile
91 Pakistan 1.09 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 66.7% volatile
92 Moldova 1.06 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 up 29.6% volatile
93 Brunei 1.00 billion BoP, current US$ 2025 down 8.7% rising
94 Iceland 940.73 million BoP, current US$ 2025 down 6.0% volatile
95 Tunisia 916.87 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 92.2% volatile
96 Nepal 902.09 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 106.2% volatile
97 Lebanon 858.26 million BoP, current US$ 2023 down 57.1% flat
98 Cote d'Ivoire 842.48 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 256.5% volatile
99 Armenia 810.59 million BoP, current US$ 2025 down 8.5% volatile
100 Angola 778.62 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 368.1% volatile
101 Ghana 736.74 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 86.8% volatile
102 Senegal 701.34 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 146.3% volatile
103 Venezuela 695.00 million BoP, current US$ 2025 down 14.7% volatile
104 Namibia 687.89 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 84.0% rising
105 Lesotho 686.31 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 58.8% rising
106 Cambodia 681.05 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 92.5% volatile
107 New Caledonia 675.89 million BoP, current US$ 2016 up 12.6% rising
108 Kosovo 663.52 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 169.6% rising
108 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 663.52 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 169.6% rising
110 Honduras 650.26 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,037.9% volatile
111 French Polynesia 632.47 million BoP, current US$ 2016 down 5.3% rising
112 Andorra 610.21 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 6.7% flat
113 Montenegro 598.79 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 117.9% rising
114 Jamaica 592.29 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 89.7% volatile
115 East Timor 588.07 million BoP, current US$ 2025 down 55.0% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 579.71 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 355.3% volatile
117 Paraguay 567.36 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,259.4% volatile
118 Mongolia 548.96 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 833.1% volatile
119 El Salvador 516.84 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 315.1% volatile
120 Mozambique 421.78 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 275.0% rising
121 Iran 404.00 million BoP, current US$ 2000 down 11.4% volatile
122 Kenya 401.38 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 401.5% volatile
123 Democratic Republic of Congo 399.87 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 180.5% volatile
124 Nicaragua 377.30 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 1,705.3% volatile
125 Benin 344.02 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 122.9% volatile
126 Syria 312.82 million BoP, current US$ 2010 down 9.3% falling
127 Tanzania 311.73 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 163.4% volatile
128 Burkina Faso 311.54 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 96.3% volatile
129 Togo 283.83 million BoP, current US$ 2020 up 185.1% volatile
130 Djibouti 274.31 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 624.2% volatile
131 North Macedonia 268.05 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 60.4% volatile
132 Ecuador 262.04 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 86.7% volatile
133 Afghanistan 240.40 million BoP, current US$ 2020 up 33.1% volatile
134 Faroe Islands 238.72 million BoP, current US$ 2011 up 163.5% rising
135 Cameroon 228.85 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 40.8% volatile
136 Mauritania 212.33 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 1,056.6% volatile
137 Bolivia 212.17 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 91.0% volatile
138 Vanuatu 209.66 million BoP, current US$ 2022 up 463.4% volatile
139 Mali 209.08 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 121.6% volatile
140 Kiribati 202.26 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 11.3% volatile
141 San Marino 186.65 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 72.8% rising
142 Ethiopia 171.59 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 1,544.2% volatile
143 Botswana 166.83 million BoP, current US$ 2025 down 32.5% volatile
144 South Sudan 165.06 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 7,350.0% volatile
145 Curacao 162.21 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 50.2% rising
146 Niger 156.51 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 32.9% volatile
147 Laos 148.94 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 17.1% volatile
148 Eswatini 148.79 million BoP, current US$ 2025 down 41.8% volatile
149 Aruba 144.02 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 278.8% volatile
150 Kyrgyzstan 123.94 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 267.6% volatile
151 Gabon 111.17 million BoP, current US$ 2015 up 204.6% volatile
152 Marshall Islands 109.81 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 74.9% rising
153 Zambia 107.82 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,203.9% volatile
154 Guyana 103.69 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 93.0% volatile
155 Papua New Guinea 102.89 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 528.3% volatile
156 Nauru 102.87 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 249.3% volatile
157 Madagascar 101.69 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 260.4% volatile
158 Fiji 101.02 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 70.0% rising
159 Bahamas 100.90 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 83.1% volatile
160 Seychelles 93.06 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 435.0% volatile
161 Uganda 87.13 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 170.5% volatile
162 Guinea-Bissau 82.04 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 30.4% volatile
163 Tonga 80.39 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 381.1% volatile
164 Barbados 73.13 million BoP, current US$ 2017 down 62.5% volatile
165 Liberia 71.16 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 82.6% volatile
166 Solomon Islands 68.94 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 51.2% volatile
167 Suriname 61.67 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 324.9% volatile
168 Cape Verde 61.42 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 396.2% volatile
169 Congo 60.42 million BoP, current US$ 2021 down 17.5% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 59.41 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 149.8% volatile
171 Micronesia (country) 54.64 million BoP, current US$ 2014 up 105.9% rising
172 Malawi 48.28 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 1,308.2% volatile
173 Tuvalu 48.14 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 55.7% volatile
174 Guinea 46.29 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 115.3% volatile
175 Maldives 44.46 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 346.0% volatile
176 Sao Tome and Principe 43.95 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 534.0% volatile
177 Saint Kitts and Nevis 43.86 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 69.0% volatile
178 Samoa 40.18 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 397.6% volatile
179 Grenada 36.34 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 152.1% volatile
180 Burundi 34.06 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 138.2% volatile
181 Gambia 32.60 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 625.3% volatile
182 Haiti 31.86 million BoP, current US$ 2024 down 49.9% volatile
183 Rwanda 31.11 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 90.7% volatile
184 Bhutan 29.03 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 49.4% rising
185 Antigua and Barbuda 28.82 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 32.0% volatile
186 Palau 23.67 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 47.8% rising
187 Belize 23.38 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 221.4% volatile
188 Yemen 18.35 million BoP, current US$ 2016 down 94.2% volatile
189 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.30 million BoP, current US$ 2018 — rising
190 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 17.95 million BoP, current US$ 2023 down 69.7% volatile
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.65 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 136.4% volatile
192 Comoros 15.10 million BoP, current US$ 2023 up 301.6% volatile
193 Zimbabwe 11.57 million BoP, current US$ 2024 up 230.3% volatile
194 Dominica 10.26 million BoP, current US$ 2025 up 2.8% volatile
195 Eritrea 9.14 million BoP, current US$ 2000 up 154.1% rising
196 Sudan 5.52 million BoP, current US$ 2025 down 64.3% volatile
197 Chad 5.05 million BoP, current US$ 1994 up 280.9% volatile
198 Central African Republic 4.46 million BoP, current US$ 1993 up 43.6% volatile
199 Sierra Leone 1.07 million BoP, current US$ 2024 down 85.3% volatile

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Indicator
Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 9,404 data points, 1960–2025
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Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.