Belgium vs Sweden: Primary income receipts

Belgium
120.15 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Sweden
103.81 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Belgium rank
16th
Sweden rank
17th

Primary income receipts over time

  • Belgium
  • Sweden
025.0B50.0B75.0B100.0B125.0B197019972025

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 120.15 billion BoP, current US$ against 103.81 billion BoP, current US$ in Sweden, a difference of 16.34 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Belgium ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 17th of 198 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Primary income receipts (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
245 places, 9,309 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). 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.