Australia vs Malta: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled

Australia
36.52 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Malta
42.59 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Australia rank
16th
Malta rank
14th

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

  • Australia
  • Malta
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 42.59 billion BoP, current US$ against 36.52 billion BoP, current US$ in Australia, a difference of 6.06 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 16th and Malta ranks 14th of 202 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Malta Difference Ahead
1970s 1.04 billion BoP, current US$ 12.95 million BoP, current US$ 1.02 billion BoP, current US$ Australia
1980s 3.91 billion BoP, current US$ 29.00 million BoP, current US$ 3.88 billion BoP, current US$ Australia
1990s 6.15 billion BoP, current US$ 224.54 million BoP, current US$ 5.93 billion BoP, current US$ Australia
2000s 21.62 billion BoP, current US$ 10.78 billion BoP, current US$ 10.84 billion BoP, current US$ Australia
2010s 51.39 billion BoP, current US$ 17.53 billion BoP, current US$ 33.85 billion BoP, current US$ Australia
2020s 41.44 billion BoP, current US$ 41.20 billion BoP, current US$ 235.52 million BoP, current US$ Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled, Australia or Malta?
Malta, at 42.59 billion BoP, current US$ against 36.52 billion BoP, current US$ in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled between Australia and Malta?
6.06 billion BoP, current US$, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malta?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Australia and Malta rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled?
Australia ranks 16th and Malta ranks 14th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled. 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$), gaps filled
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 12,316 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) with 62 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.