Kiribati vs Zimbabwe: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Kiribati
1.2%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
1.1%
in 2024
Kiribati rank
139th
Zimbabwe rank
141st
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Kiribati
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 1.2% against 1.1% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Kiribati ranks 139th and Zimbabwe ranks 141st of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.8% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Kiribati |
| 2010s | -0.4% | 1.6% | 2.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Kiribati or Zimbabwe?
- Kiribati, at 1.2% against 1.1% in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Kiribati and Zimbabwe?
- 0.1%, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Zimbabwe?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Zimbabwe rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Kiribati ranks 139th and Zimbabwe ranks 141st 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.