Kuwait vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Kuwait
0.3%
in 2025
Samoa
0.2%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
168th
Samoa rank
169th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Kuwait
- Samoa
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Samoa, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.5 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 168th and Samoa ranks 169th of 198 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Samoa |
| 1980s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 2.7% | 1.8% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.9% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Kuwait or Samoa?
- Kuwait, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Kuwait and Samoa?
- 0.1%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Samoa?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Samoa rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Kuwait ranks 168th and Samoa ranks 169th 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.