Chile vs Saudi Arabia: Primary income payments

Chile

32.24 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

30.52 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Chile rank

36th

Saudi Arabia rank

37th

Primary income payments over time

Chile
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Chile currently reports 32.24 billion BoP, current US$ against 30.52 billion BoP, current US$ in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.72 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 36th and Saudi Arabia ranks 37th 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: 06 August 2026

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.