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United Kingdom: Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$)

-26.79Bcurrent USD · 2024+51.1% since 2014

Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). 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. Reported as: Net income from abroad. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2024-26,787,588,714.899
2023-57,110,973,273.504
20221,683,713,929.541
2021187,053,441.365
2020-57,648,749,234.461
2019-2,883,418,341.798
2018-39,027,103,294.032
2017-28,832,593,422.881
2016-63,098,603,009.532
2015-63,813,747,622.533
2014-54,748,030,256.332
2013-49,352,736,599.434
2012-25,211,398,649.583
201111,120,887,470.478
20101,092,432,885.645
2009-20,271,070,260.165
2008-38,659,926,470.588
2007-28,221,288,515.406
2006-10,634,774,609.016
200526,390,909,090.909
200419,928,597,583.303
200323,503,673,469.388
200220,665,467,625.899
20018,911,760,472.146
20004,596,761,991.224
1999-5,753,114,382.786
19985,675,912,553.826
1997-3,154,533,398.821
1996-4,858,210,608.424
1995-5,411,246,646.678
1994-2,064,663,299.663
1993-5,891,153,269.346
1992-5,315,933,660.934
1991-8,637,717,813.051
1990-9,131,594,460.227
1989-5,754,708,769.634
1988-4,201,986,837.424
1987-4,023,391,076.973
1986-2,438,010,847.259
1985-3,593,862,936.345
1984-1,842,334,397.446
1983-2,607,185,084.129
1982-4,604,264,500.349
1981-4,198,482,717.042
1980-4,779,797,815.478
1979-2,451,219,822.109
1978-1,069,048,897.411
1977-1,225,421,245.421
1976314,097,035.04
1975139,699,115.044
1974886,640,953.717
1973825,225,379.716
1972283,379,120.879
1971443,489,900.219
1970504,487,640.989

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World Bank (2026). Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-primary-income-cd (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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