| # | Flag | Country | Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | $94,472,378,997 | 2018 | |
| 2 | Russia | $94,388,290,000 | 2018 | |
| 3 | Italy | $66,983,421,829 | 2018 | |
| 4 | Spain | $65,935,014,605 | 2018 | |
| 5 | Brazil | $64,120,830,439 | 2018 | |
| 6 | Belgium | $50,479,822,049 | 2018 | |
| 7 | India | $44,970,367,090 | 2017 | |
| 8 | Mexico | $43,955,462,711 | 2018 | |
| 9 | Sweden | $42,577,130,198 | 2018 | |
| 10 | Indonesia | $39,581,845,887 | 2018 | |
| 11 | Poland | $35,542,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 12 | Austria | $34,586,575,768 | 2018 | |
| 13 | Thailand | $33,074,623,555 | 2018 | |
| 14 | South Korea | $31,703,900,000 | 2018 | |
| 15 | Norway | $28,399,105,327 | 2018 | |
| 16 | Argentina | $25,102,989,437 | 2018 | |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | $24,698,578,685 | 2018 | |
| 18 | Czech Republic | $23,767,939,705 | 2018 | |
| 19 | Chile | $21,565,179,459 | 2018 | |
| 20 | Hungary | $21,523,447,688 | 2018 | |
| 21 | Denmark | $21,382,475,300 | 2018 | |
| 22 | Malaysia | $20,889,221,065 | 2017 | |
| 23 | Finland | $19,710,395,904 | 2018 | |
| 24 | South Africa | $19,117,623,931 | 2018 | |
| 25 | Turkey | $17,852,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 26 | Colombia | $17,252,563,405 | 2018 | |
| 27 | Cyprus | $16,583,940,846 | 2018 | |
| 28 | Portugal | $15,669,542,105 | 2018 | |
| 29 | Israel | $14,204,300,000 | 2018 | |
| 30 | New Zealand | $13,286,913,394 | 2018 | |
| 31 | Nigeria | $13,055,076,657 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Peru | $12,834,677,120 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Malta | $12,681,159,986 | 2018 | |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | $12,145,175,169 | 2018 | |
| 35 | Qatar | $11,759,340,659 | 2018 | |
| 36 | Vietnam | $10,616,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Romania | $10,037,829,005 | 2018 | |
| 38 | Greece | $9,478,021,274 | 2018 | |
| 39 | Macao | $9,349,636,087 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Ukraine | $8,512,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 41 | Philippines | $8,223,850,531 | 2018 | |
| 42 | Angola | $8,180,808,236 | 2018 | |
| 43 | Venezuela | $7,525,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 44 | Panama | $7,357,200,000 | 2018 | |
| 45 | Mauritius | $6,776,795,259 | 2018 | |
| 46 | Pakistan | $6,261,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 47 | Egypt | $6,099,200,000 | 2017 | |
| 48 | Slovakia | $6,021,985,340 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Uruguay | $5,776,396,620 | 2018 | |
| 50 | Algeria | $4,850,765,952 | 2017 | |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | $4,346,500,000 | 2018 | |
| 52 | Bahrain | $4,102,420,213 | 2017 | |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | $4,090,400,000 | 2018 | |
| 54 | Oman | $3,908,972,692 | 2017 | |
| 55 | Costa Rica | $3,725,949,191 | 2018 | |
| 56 | Belarus | $3,373,700,000 | 2018 | |
| 57 | Serbia | $3,278,506,209 | 2018 | |
| 58 | Myanmar | $3,163,930,660 | 2017 | |
| 59 | Croatia | $3,143,930,941 | 2018 | |
| 60 | Lebanon | $3,097,125,534 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Ghana | $3,050,220,000 | 2017 | |
| 62 | Ecuador | $3,033,010,721 | 2018 | |
| 63 | Iraq | $2,920,300,000 | 2018 | |
| 64 | Kuwait | $2,892,429,404 | 2018 | |
| 65 | Lithuania | $2,879,669,513 | 2018 | |
| 66 | Morocco | $2,870,741,009 | 2018 | |
| 67 | Bangladesh | $2,835,304,299 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Slovenia | $2,670,075,544 | 2018 | |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | $2,514,755,198 | 2017 | |
| 70 | Bulgaria | $2,254,550,000 | 2018 | |
| 71 | Guatemala | $2,241,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 72 | Estonia | $2,142,253,913 | 2018 | |
| 73 | Georgia | $2,020,875,464 | 2018 | |
| 74 | Sudan | $1,939,455,733 | 2018 | |
| 75 | Latvia | $1,838,737,474 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Ivory Coast | $1,831,695,813 | 2017 | |
| 77 | Syria | $1,826,517,676 | 2010 | |
| 78 | Honduras | $1,772,434,813 | 2018 | |
| 79 | El Salvador | $1,698,638,297 | 2018 | |
| 80 | Cambodia | $1,665,334,964 | 2018 | |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | $1,658,073,376 | 2018 | |
| 82 | Mongolia | $1,573,056,657 | 2018 | |
| 83 | Tunisia | $1,401,283,363 | 2017 | |
| 84 | Paraguay | $1,346,358,431 | 2018 | |
| 85 | Tanzania | $1,339,167,280 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | $1,243,967,368 | 2017 | |
| 87 | Kenya | $1,218,809,140 | 2017 | |
| 88 | Uganda | $1,160,058,896 | 2018 | |
| 89 | Bolivia | $1,157,421,114 | 2018 | |
| 90 | Jordan | $1,073,943,662 | 2017 | |
| 91 | Jamaica | $1,039,065,950 | 2018 | |
| 92 | Senegal | $919,717,595 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Cameroon | $845,503,874 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Zambia | $793,709,859 | 2018 | |
| 95 | Botswana | $768,055,010 | 2017 | |
| 96 | Armenia | $746,599,558 | 2018 | |
| 97 | Republic of Macedonia | $712,164,797 | 2018 | |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $670,035,337 | 2018 | |
| 99 | Namibia | $634,371,014 | 2018 | |
| 100 | Mali | $622,644,207 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Iran | $604,000,000 | 2000 | |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | $589,538,331 | 2017 | |
| 103 | Laos | $569,822,037 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Mozambique | $559,026,760 | 2017 | |
| 105 | Ethiopia | $499,798,269 | 2017 | |
| 106 | Suriname | $493,988,488 | 2018 | |
| 107 | Iceland | $488,289,335 | 2018 | |
| 108 | Libya | $485,700,000 | 2016 | |
| 109 | Albania | $476,154,128 | 2018 | |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | $465,854,055 | 2017 | |
| 111 | Fiji | $427,757,755 | 2018 | |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | $417,895,273 | 2017 | |
| 113 | Maldives | $415,643,284 | 2017 | |
| 114 | Moldova | $409,399,056 | 2018 | |
| 115 | The Bahamas | $408,075,592 | 2017 | |
| 116 | Republic of the Congo | $404,296,284 | 2016 | |
| 117 | Nicaragua | $399,400,000 | 2018 | |
| 118 | Madagascar | $396,045,421 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Barbados | $391,920,862 | 2013 | |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | $391,578,220 | 2017 | |
| 121 | Yemen | $380,867,000 | 2016 | |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | $364,248,318 | 2017 | |
| 123 | Brunei | $339,476,412 | 2017 | |
| 124 | Rwanda | $336,690,619 | 2017 | |
| 125 | Tajikistan | $318,840,871 | 2018 | |
| 126 | South Sudan | $305,080,000 | 2017 | |
| 127 | Niger | $297,260,230 | 2017 | |
| 128 | Montenegro | $294,253,509 | 2018 | |
| 129 | Bermuda | $291,844,614 | 2017 | |
| 130 | Nepal | $280,743,328 | 2017 | |
| 131 | Togo | $260,088,674 | 2017 | |
| 132 | Liberia | $255,333,376 | 2017 | |
| 133 | Bhutan | $252,534,797 | 2018 | |
| 134 | Swaziland | $222,031,708 | 2017 | |
| 135 | Gabon | $215,497,685 | 2015 | |
| 136 | Malawi | $201,662,190 | 2017 | |
| 137 | Belize | $190,449,401 | 2018 | |
| 138 | Aruba | $186,983,751 | 2016 | |
| 139 | Mauritania | $167,757,959 | 2017 | |
| 140 | New Caledonia | $159,986,307 | 2016 | |
| 141 | Curacao | $156,860,335 | 2017 | |
| 142 | Seychelles | $150,974,530 | 2017 | |
| 143 | Benin | $150,257,187 | 2017 | |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | $146,936,986 | 2017 | |
| 145 | Lesotho | $138,100,961 | 2018 | |
| 146 | Kosovo | $121,103,231 | 2018 | |
| 147 | Grenada | $117,542,308 | 2017 | |
| 148 | Faroe Islands | $116,937,767 | 2011 | |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | $100,219,190 | 2017 | |
| 150 | Guinea | $97,900,000 | 2017 | |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | $88,540,973 | 2017 | |
| 152 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | $85,588,087 | 2017 | |
| 153 | French Polynesia | $82,019,340 | 2016 | |
| 154 | Cape Verde | $80,046,785 | 2018 | |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | $72,376,333 | 2017 | |
| 156 | Sint Maarten | $55,592,178 | 2017 | |
| 157 | Djibouti | $54,839,072 | 2017 | |
| 158 | Guyana | $52,929,624 | 2016 | |
| 159 | Afghanistan | $51,083,128 | 2017 | |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | $45,184,029 | 1996 | |
| 161 | East Timor | $33,576,717 | 2017 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $33,198,364 | 2017 | |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | $32,071,662 | 2017 | |
| 164 | Vanuatu | $29,363,904 | 2015 | |
| 165 | Samoa | $28,334,714 | 2017 | |
| 166 | Gambia | $28,030,929 | 2017 | |
| 167 | Federated States of Micronesia | $27,996,100 | 2014 | |
| 168 | Palau | $25,263,674 | 2017 | |
| 169 | Central African Republic | $22,694,332 | 1994 | |
| 170 | Dominica | $21,276,507 | 2017 | |
| 171 | Marshall Islands | $20,810,579 | 2016 | |
| 172 | Tonga | $19,361,261 | 2018 | |
| 173 | Haiti | $19,082,203 | 2017 | |
| 174 | Burundi | $18,109,545 | 2017 | |
| 175 | Chad | $12,384,621 | 1994 | |
| 176 | Eritrea | $10,544,158 | 2000 | |
| 177 | Comoros | $5,452,602 | 2012 | |
| 178 | Kiribati | $4,094,624 | 2017 | |
| 179 | Tuvalu | $3,754,269 | 2013 | |
| 180 | São Tomé and Príncipe | $2,735,558 | 2018 | |
| 181 | United States | $8 | 2018 | |
| 182 | Netherlands | $3 | 2018 | |
| 183 | United Kingdom | $3 | 2018 | |
| 184 | China | $2 | 2018 | |
| 185 | Luxembourg | $2 | 2018 | |
| 186 | Republic of Ireland | $1 | 2018 | |
| 187 | Germany | $1 | 2018 | |
| 188 | France | $1 | 2018 | |
| 189 | Switzerland | $1 | 2018 | |
| 190 | Japan | $1 | 2018 | |
| 191 | Singapore | $1 | 2018 | |
| 192 | Hong Kong | $1 | 2018 | |
| 193 | Canada | $1 | 2018 |