Barbados vs Chile: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Barbados
4.0%
in 2024
Chile
4.1%
in 2025
Barbados rank
54th
Chile rank
53rd
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Barbados
- Chile
How they compare
Chile currently reports 4.1% against 4.0% in Barbados, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 54th and Chile ranks 53rd of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Chile in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Chile | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.7% | 0.3% | 3.4% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 1.9% | 0.3% | Chile |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 4.6% | 3.6% | Chile |
| 2000s | 7.4% | 5.7% | 1.7% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 7.2% | 6.8% | 0.4% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 5.1% | 1.3% | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Barbados or Chile?
- Chile, at 4.1% against 4.0% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Barbados and Chile?
- 0.1%, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Chile?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Chile rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Barbados ranks 54th and Chile ranks 53rd 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.