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Norway vs Sweden: Primary income payments

Norway
56.36 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Sweden
71.00 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Norway rank
23rd
Sweden rank
21st

Primary income payments over time

  • Norway
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 71.00 billion BoP, current US$ against 56.36 billion BoP, current US$ in Norway, a difference of 14.64 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Norway ranks 23rd and Sweden ranks 21st 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.