Low income's primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) was US$2.42 billion in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 136.58% from US$1.02 billion in 2013 (8.99% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$2.42 billion | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$1.72 billion | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1.02 billion | 2013 |
| Highest | US$2.42 billion | 2023 |
| Lowest | US$898.24 million | 2012 |
| Average since 2014 | US$1.58 billion | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$1.01 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Low income's primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) rose 17% on 2022 (from US$2.06 billion to US$2.42 billion).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2022), the average change was +6.6% and a typical year strayed about 22.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 44.5% in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 35.9% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$134.06 million a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about US$2.5 billion for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$337.23 million, against US$425.71 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Low income | US$2.42 billion | 2023 |
| World | US$7.44 trillion | 2024 |
What this measures
Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 19 values
| Year | Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,415,177,263 |
| 2022 | 2,064,413,229 |
| 2021 | 1,584,877,057 |
| 2020 | 1,617,581,249 |
| 2019 | 1,749,248,398 |
| 2018 | 1,715,484,164 |
| 2017 | 1,393,229,373 |
| 2016 | 964,491,759 |
| 2015 | 1,166,986,366 |
| 2014 | 1,078,623,712 |
Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$240.4 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$3.04 billion (2025)
- Bahrain — US$6.01 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — US$274.31 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$2.97 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$3.53 billion (2025)
- Israel — US$25.9 billion (2025)
- Jordan — US$2.09 billion (2024)
- Kuwait — US$43.13 billion (2025)
- Lebanon — US$858.26 million (2023)
More economic policy & debt data for Low income
- GDP (current US$) — US$642.67 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$837.36 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$627.91 billion (2025)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria (current US$) — US$57.58 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium (current US$) — US$350.05 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) — US$677.23 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions (current US$) — US$3.08 billion (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland (current US$) — US$483.76 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Low income's primary income receipts (BoP, current US$)?
- US$2.42 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 139.27% from US$1.01 billion in 2005 (4.97% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$2.42 billion in 2023 and the lowest US$898.24 million in 2012.
- Is the latest change in primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) unusual for Low income?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.FCTY.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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