Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)'s primary income payments (BoP, current US$) was US$86.89 billion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 21.27% from US$71.65 billion in 2014 (1.95% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$86.89 billion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$74 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$71.65 billion | 2014 |
| Highest | US$90.89 billion | 2022 |
| Lowest | US$5.46 billion | 1979 |
| Average since 2015 | US$72.34 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$5.46 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)'s primary income payments (BoP, current US$) fell 1.8% on 2023 (from US$88.47 billion to US$86.89 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +8.7% and a typical year strayed about 19.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 53.4% in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.6% 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 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$3.78 billion a year. A straight line explains 68% 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.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD) | US$86.89 billion | 2024 |
| World | US$7.99 trillion | 2024 |
What this measures
Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 46 values
| Year | Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 86,890,606,336 |
| 2023 | 88,469,278,409 |
| 2022 | 90,894,882,484 |
| 2021 | 75,876,384,067 |
| 2020 | 56,221,225,991 |
| 2019 | 73,996,390,133 |
| 2018 | 73,997,605,752 |
| 2017 | 67,282,532,168 |
| 2016 | 52,241,061,210 |
| 2015 | 57,501,225,926 |
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$51.17 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$5.02 billion (2025)
- Bahrain — US$9.45 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — US$158.38 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$19.45 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$3.52 billion (2025)
- Israel — US$34.13 billion (2025)
- Jordan — US$3.34 billion (2024)
- Kuwait — US$6.76 billion (2025)
- Lebanon — US$937.14 million (2023)
More economic policy & debt data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) — US$3.07 billion (2025)
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — −US$459.34 million (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$2.21 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.13 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,673 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,615 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 4.14% (2025)
- GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.64% (2025)
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)'s primary income payments (BoP, current US$)?
- US$86.89 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1979?
- It is up 1,493% from US$5.46 billion in 1979 (6.34% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$90.89 billion in 2022 and the lowest US$5.46 billion in 1979.
- Is the latest change in primary income payments (BoP, current US$) unusual for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)?
- In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)'s primary income payments (BoP, current US$) fell 1.8% on 2023 (from US$88.47 billion to US$86.89 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +8.7% and a typical year strayed about 19.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.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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