Azerbaijan vs Sri Lanka: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Azerbaijan
0.5%
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.8%
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
156th
Sri Lanka rank
154th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Azerbaijan
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.8% against 0.5% in Azerbaijan, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.6 times Azerbaijan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 156th and Sri Lanka ranks 154th of 198 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.9% | 1.4% | 12.5% | Azerbaijan |
| 2000s | 24.3% | 1.3% | 22.9% | Azerbaijan |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 1.2% | 5.1% | Azerbaijan |
| 2020s | -1.4% | 0.8% | 2.2% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Azerbaijan or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.8% against 0.5% in Azerbaijan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka?
- 0.3%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Azerbaijan ranks 156th and Sri Lanka ranks 154th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IMF International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments; World Bank International Debt Statistics and GDP estimates; and OECD GDP estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net inflows of foreign direct investment from foreign investors to the reporting economy.