Malawi vs Paraguay: Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Malawi
2.3%
in 2024
Paraguay
2.4%
in 2025
Malawi rank
89th
Paraguay rank
87th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP over time
- Malawi
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 2.4% against 2.3% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Paraguay ahead.
Malawi ranks 89th and Paraguay ranks 87th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.1% | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 1.9% | 0.8% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp, Malawi or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 2.4% against 2.3% in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp between Malawi and Paraguay?
- 0.1%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Paraguay?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Paraguay rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of gdp?
- Malawi ranks 89th and Paraguay ranks 87th 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.