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Malaysia vs Thailand: Primary income payments

Malaysia
34.30 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Thailand
33.09 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Malaysia rank
32nd
Thailand rank
34th

Primary income payments over time

  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
010.0B20.0B30.0B197419992025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 34.30 billion BoP, current US$ against 33.09 billion BoP, current US$ in Thailand, a difference of 1.20 billion BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 32nd and Thailand ranks 34th 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.