Barbados vs Sao Tome and Principe: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual

Barbados
34.75 % change on previous year
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
35.34 % change on previous year
in 2024
Barbados rank
60th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
58th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual over time

  • Barbados
  • Sao Tome and Principe
-25002505007501.0k197119972024

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 35.34 % change on previous year against 34.75 % change on previous year in Barbados, a difference of 0.59 % change on previous year.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 60th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 58th of 202 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1980s 99.66 % change on previous year -70.83 % change on previous year 170.5 % change on previous year Barbados
1990s 17.33 % change on previous year 478.27 % change on previous year 460.94 % change on previous year Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 31.8 % change on previous year 54.72 % change on previous year 22.92 % change on previous year Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 62.82 % change on previous year 23.88 % change on previous year 38.94 % change on previous year Barbados
2020s 8.75 % change on previous year 0.6337 % change on previous year 8.12 % change on previous year Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), annual, Barbados or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 35.34 % change on previous year against 34.75 % change on previous year in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), annual between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.59 % change on previous year, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
31 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), annual?
Barbados ranks 60th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 58th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 11,445 data points, 1971–2025
Last refreshed

The year-on-year percentage change in Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.