Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Primary income payments

Kenya
2.16 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
2.00 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Kenya rank
101st
Papua New Guinea rank
103rd

Primary income payments over time

  • Kenya
  • Papua New Guinea
0500.0M1.0B1.5B2.0B2.5B197519992024

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 2.16 billion BoP, current US$ against 2.00 billion BoP, current US$ in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 159.43 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 101st and Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd 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.