Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: 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). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 7,892,114,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Mauritius | 6,869,967,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Libya | 2,870,900,000.00 | 2019 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1,558,652,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Algeria | 846,285,800.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Morocco | 796,406,700.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Ghana | 738,450,800.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Lesotho | 604,760,900.00 | 2021 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 594,732,200.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Egypt | 544,556,100.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Angola | 535,789,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Senegal | 444,139,100.00 | 2018 |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 399,606,100.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Togo | 283,828,200.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 248,296,500.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Namibia | 241,298,000.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Mozambique | 216,026,800.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Benin | 212,285,400.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 193,002,800.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Mauritania | 163,028,500.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Cameroon | 162,418,500.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Mali | 154,398,500.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Botswana | 146,775,300.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Niger | 144,268,400.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Kenya | 117,878,600.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Tanzania | 111,189,500.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Gabon | 111,169,300.00 | 2015 |
| 28 | Eswatini | 103,218,800.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 66,815,900.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Djibouti | 64,055,460.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Sudan | 61,328,140.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Madagascar | 45,572,900.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Uganda | 41,462,430.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Zambia | 35,309,240.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Guinea | 32,530,000.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Liberia | 32,047,250.00 | 2019 |
| 37 | Cabo Verde | 25,322,620.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Burundi | 16,739,290.00 | 2018 |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 15,232,070.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Congo | 13,755,290.00 | 2016 |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 12,852,350.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Seychelles | 12,495,300.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Rwanda | 11,538,020.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Comoros | 9,235,161.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Eritrea | 9,140,926.00 | 2000 |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 7,569,389.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Malawi | 6,938,496.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | São Tomé and Principe | 6,410,284.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | The Gambia | 5,137,472.00 | 2021 |
| 50 | Chad | 5,046,788.00 | 1994 |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 164,206.00 | 1996 |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 0.00 | 1994 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
