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Japan vs Spain: Primary income payments

Japan
176.57 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Spain
139.25 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Japan rank
13th
Spain rank
15th

Primary income payments over time

  • Japan
  • Spain
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 176.57 billion BoP, current US$ against 139.25 billion BoP, current US$ in Spain, a difference of 37.32 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 13th and Spain ranks 15th 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.