Costa Rica vs Gabon: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Costa Rica
5.4%
in 2025
Gabon
5.5%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
40th
Gabon rank
39th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 5.5% against 5.4% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 40th and Gabon ranks 39th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Gabon in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.3% | 3.0% | 0.7% | Gabon |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.1% | Gabon |
| 1990s | 3.2% | -0.9% | 4.1% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 6.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 5.8% | 0.5% | Gabon |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 7.2% | 1.6% | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Costa Rica or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 5.5% against 5.4% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 0.1%, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Gabon rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th and Gabon ranks 39th 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.