Cape Verde vs Equatorial Guinea: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled

Cape Verde
153.85 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
188.01 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
148th
Equatorial Guinea rank
145th

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

  • Cape Verde
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 188.01 million BoP, current US$ against 153.85 million BoP, current US$ in Cape Verde, a difference of 34.16 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 148th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 145th of 202 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0 BoP, current US$ -46,667 BoP, current US$ 46,667 BoP, current US$ Cape Verde
1980s 354,934 BoP, current US$ 1.40 million BoP, current US$ 1.04 million BoP, current US$ Equatorial Guinea
1990s 13.52 million BoP, current US$ 108.33 million BoP, current US$ 94.81 million BoP, current US$ Equatorial Guinea
2000s 90.56 million BoP, current US$ 577.31 million BoP, current US$ 486.75 million BoP, current US$ Equatorial Guinea
2010s 117.69 million BoP, current US$ 1.04 billion BoP, current US$ 927.29 million BoP, current US$ Equatorial Guinea
2020s 109.95 million BoP, current US$ 454.10 million BoP, current US$ 344.15 million BoP, current US$ Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled, Cape Verde or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 188.01 million BoP, current US$ against 153.85 million BoP, current US$ in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled between Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea?
34.16 million BoP, current US$, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled?
Cape Verde ranks 148th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 145th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.