Tanzania vs Zambia: Primary income payments

Tanzania
2.20 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Zambia
2.85 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Tanzania rank
99th
Zambia rank
96th

Primary income payments over time

  • Tanzania
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 2.85 billion BoP, current US$ against 2.20 billion BoP, current US$ in Tanzania, a difference of 647.05 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.3 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Tanzania ranks 99th and Zambia ranks 96th 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.