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Primary income payments in current prices

(US dollars)

The United States of America is the top country by primary income payments in the world. As of 2022, primary income payments in the United States of America was 1,069,299 million US dollars that accounts for 19.13% of the world's primary income payments. The top 5 countries (others are China, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland) account for 43.57% of it. The world's total primary income payments was estimated at 5,589,983 million US dollars in 2022.

What is primary income payments?

Income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is excluded.

Current account balance (% of GDP), Current account balance, Net trade in goods and services, Net trade in goods, Exports of goods, services and primary income, Imports of goods, services and primary income, Exports of goods and services, Imports of goods and services, Goods exports, Goods imports, Service exports, Service imports, Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports), Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports), Insurance and financial services (% of service exports), Insurance and financial services (% of service imports), Transport services (% of service exports), Transport services (% of service imports), Travel services (% of service exports), Travel services (% of service imports), Trade in services (% of GDP), Primary income receipts, Net primary income, Secondary income receipts, Net secondary income, Secondary income, other sectors, payments, Personal remittances, received, Personal remittances, paid, Personal remittances, received (% of GDP), Personal transfers, receipts

Primary income payments in current prices

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