Netherlands vs United Kingdom: Primary income payments

Netherlands
433.43 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
United Kingdom
576.88 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Netherlands rank
5th
United Kingdom rank
2nd

Primary income payments over time

  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
0200.0B400.0B600.0B196719962025

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 576.88 billion BoP, current US$ against 433.43 billion BoP, current US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 143.45 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.3 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Globally, Netherlands ranks 5th and United Kingdom ranks 2nd 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.