France vs Germany: Net primary income

France
59.64 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Germany
182.10 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
France rank
3rd
Germany rank
2nd

Net primary income over time

  • France
  • Germany
-50.0B050.0B100.0B150.0B200.0B197119982025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 182.10 billion BoP, current US$ against 59.64 billion BoP, current US$ in France, a difference of 122.46 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Germany's figure about 3.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1975 it was France ahead.

Globally, France ranks 3rd and Germany ranks 2nd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net primary income (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
200 places, 7,801 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). 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.