Australia vs Brazil: Primary income payments

Australia
125.36 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Brazil
115.06 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Australia rank
16th
Brazil rank
17th

Primary income payments over time

  • Australia
  • Brazil
050.0B100.0B150.0B197520002025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 125.36 billion BoP, current US$ against 115.06 billion BoP, current US$ in Brazil, a difference of 10.30 billion BoP, current US$.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 16th and Brazil ranks 17th 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.