Australia vs Belgium: Primary income payments

Australia
125.36 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Belgium
111.00 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Australia rank
16th
Belgium rank
18th

Primary income payments over time

  • Australia
  • Belgium
050.0B100.0B150.0B198920072025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 125.36 billion BoP, current US$ against 111.00 billion BoP, current US$ in Belgium, a difference of 14.36 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Belgium ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 16th and Belgium ranks 18th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary income payments (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, 9,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).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.