Bangladesh vs Kuwait: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Bangladesh
0.4%
in 2025
Kuwait
0.3%
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
165th
Kuwait rank
168th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Bangladesh
- Kuwait
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.5 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 165th and Kuwait ranks 168th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Kuwait in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Bangladesh or Kuwait?
- Bangladesh, at 0.4% against 0.3% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Bangladesh and Kuwait?
- 0.1%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Kuwait?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Kuwait rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Bangladesh ranks 165th and Kuwait ranks 168th 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.