All🚢 Secondary income receipts
Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo.
Highlights
As of 2025, United States ranks first with $225.0B, followed by India ($145.7B) and Germany ($134.5B).
United States is 1.5 times higher than India, the runner-up.
Across 133 countries and territories, values run from $225.0B (United States) to $0.0B (Kuwait), with a median of $3.7B.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Europe, 3 from Asia, 2 from the Americas and 1 from Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), 2025. Unit: USD billion.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026