Ecuador vs Guatemala: Primary income payments

Ecuador

3.88 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Guatemala

4.08 billion BoP, current US$

in 2024

Ecuador rank

85th

Guatemala rank

82nd

Primary income payments over time

Ecuador
Guatemala

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 4.08 billion BoP, current US$ against 3.88 billion BoP, current US$ in Ecuador, a difference of 208.50 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Ecuador ahead.

Globally, Ecuador ranks 85th and Guatemala ranks 82nd 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.