Korea vs Sri Lanka: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Korea
0.8%
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.8%
in 2024
Korea rank
151st
Sri Lanka rank
154th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Korea
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 151st and Sri Lanka ranks 154th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Korea |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.2% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Korea or Sri Lanka?
- Korea, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Korea and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Sri Lanka?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Sri Lanka rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Korea ranks 151st 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.