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

Ecuador
1.30 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Nicaragua
1.35 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Ecuador rank
89th
Nicaragua rank
88th

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

  • Ecuador
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 1.35 billion BoP, current US$ against 1.30 billion BoP, current US$ in Ecuador, a difference of 53.07 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 89th and Nicaragua ranks 88th of 202 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1970s 68.25 million BoP, current US$ 10.89 million BoP, current US$ 57.36 million BoP, current US$ Ecuador
1980s 85.10 million BoP, current US$ 3.52 million BoP, current US$ 81.58 million BoP, current US$ Ecuador
1990s 470.86 million BoP, current US$ 111.10 million BoP, current US$ 359.76 million BoP, current US$ Ecuador
2000s 533.16 million BoP, current US$ 304.27 million BoP, current US$ 228.89 million BoP, current US$ Ecuador
2010s 797.50 million BoP, current US$ 857.59 million BoP, current US$ 60.09 million BoP, current US$ Nicaragua
2020s 715.89 million BoP, current US$ 1.11 billion BoP, current US$ 393.51 million BoP, current US$ Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled, Ecuador or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 1.35 billion BoP, current US$ against 1.30 billion BoP, current US$ in Ecuador as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled between Ecuador and Nicaragua?
53.07 million BoP, current US$, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nicaragua?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Ecuador and Nicaragua rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), gaps filled?
Ecuador ranks 89th and Nicaragua ranks 88th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.