South Asia - Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in South Asia was $66,451,260,000 as of 2020. Over the past 43 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $66,451,260,000 in 2020 and $734,743,900 in 1977.

Definition: Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1977 $734,743,900
1978 $830,465,700
1979 $946,949,500
1980 $1,037,318,000
1981 $1,144,199,000
1982 $1,544,584,000
1983 $1,895,578,000
1984 $2,195,374,000
1985 $2,431,427,000
1986 $2,769,538,000
1987 $2,933,003,000
1988 $3,581,567,000
1989 $4,059,762,000
1990 $5,343,217,000
1991 $5,930,600,000
1992 $6,221,949,000
1993 $6,186,770,000
1994 $6,755,141,000
1995 $7,966,300,000
1996 $7,495,506,000
1997 $8,022,458,000
1998 $8,369,481,000
1999 $8,334,576,000
2000 $10,618,520,000
2001 $10,695,310,000
2002 $10,273,440,000
2003 $11,606,050,000
2004 $12,283,250,000
2005 $16,885,370,000
2006 $20,339,410,000
2007 $26,710,040,000
2008 $29,610,150,000
2009 $28,046,880,000
2010 $32,607,750,000
2011 $33,629,310,000
2012 $38,744,620,000
2013 $42,790,790,000
2014 $47,934,620,000
2015 $49,122,630,000
2016 $54,423,950,000
2017 $56,784,260,000
2018 $63,374,340,000
2019 $65,841,530,000
2020 $66,451,260,000

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.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments