Faroe Islands vs Seychelles: Primary income payments

Faroe Islands
116.94 million BoP, current US$
in 2011
Seychelles
147.19 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Faroe Islands rank
166th
Seychelles rank
164th

Primary income payments over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Seychelles
-100.0M0100.0M200.0M197620002024

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 147.19 million BoP, current US$ against 116.94 million BoP, current US$ in Faroe Islands, a difference of 30.25 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.3 times Faroe Islands's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Globally, Faroe Islands ranks 166th and Seychelles ranks 164th 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.