Chad vs Costa Rica: Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP

Chad
5.2%
in 2024
Costa Rica
5.6%
in 2024
Chad rank
47th
Costa Rica rank
44th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP over time

  • Chad
  • Costa Rica
01020304050200020122024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 5.6% against 5.2% in Chad, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 47th and Costa Rica ranks 44th of 212 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Costa Rica Difference Ahead
2000s 11.8% 6.0% 5.7% Chad
2010s 2.2% 5.3% 3.2% Costa Rica
2020s 4.3% 5.1% 0.7% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp, Chad or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 5.6% against 5.2% in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp between Chad and Costa Rica?
0.4%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Costa Rica?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Chad and Costa Rica rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp?
Chad ranks 47th and Costa Rica ranks 44th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Chad vs Costa Rica: Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-as-a-proportion-of-gdp-percent/chad/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-as-a-proportion-of-gdp-percent/chad/costa-rica/">Chad vs Costa Rica: Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
249 places, 6,020 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed