Cayman Islands vs Panama: Primary income payments

Cayman Islands
7.66 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Panama
8.85 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Cayman Islands rank
65th
Panama rank
63rd

Primary income payments over time

  • Cayman Islands
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 8.85 billion BoP, current US$ against 7.66 billion BoP, current US$ in Cayman Islands, a difference of 1.19 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.2 times Cayman Islands's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Panama ahead.

Globally, Cayman Islands ranks 65th and Panama ranks 63rd 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.