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Germany: Primary income payments

284.85Bcurrent USD · 2025+95.6% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Germany from 1971 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025284,848,515,157.73
2024304,805,879,100.547
2023306,945,966,526.258
2022185,468,960,472.105
2021149,143,410,131.168
2020115,671,013,973.542
2019135,793,737,700.025
2018143,822,122,665.339
2017143,969,591,081.938
2016140,220,338,724.873
2015145,638,839,208.281
2014170,334,063,346.563
2013165,832,206,267.652
2012177,278,999,172.331
2011210,405,678,727.257
2010197,209,460,564.213
2009178,724,208,306.201
2008258,018,040,592.949
2007287,461,350,938.481
2006211,832,286,038.413
2005184,769,011,527.952
2004160,030,378,846.284
2003152,080,694,717.297
2002124,798,330,691.385
2001110,022,642,446.48
2000123,225,990,251.244
1999113,969,800,157.437
1998104,064,894,368.518
199794,428,092,159.308
199692,745,095,951.436
199596,693,972,167.399
199479,437,971,749.461
199372,564,740,709.998
199271,055,706,499.045
199164,872,574,202.251
199049,208,506,950.634
198933,621,067,746.428
198830,102,371,014.21
198726,906,627,584.399
198619,937,001,021.467
198512,608,574,604.255
198411,926,679,040.735
198312,538,055,608.999
198214,237,300,691.909
198114,956,577,678.352
198014,931,612,263.07
197911,614,939,109.762
19788,083,347,144.864
19777,602,996,084.87
19765,641,338,823.129
19755,460,399,045.529
19746,019,611,744.869
19734,736,373,346.133
19723,524,561,773.358
19713,040,308,379.276

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary income payments. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-income-payments (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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