Australia vs Maldives: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Australia
1,323 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Maldives
1,527 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Australia rank
25th
Maldives rank
23rd
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Australia
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1,527 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,323 BoP, current US$ per person in Australia, a difference of 204 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 25th and Maldives ranks 23rd of 202 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 73.38 BoP, current US$ per person | 4.73 BoP, current US$ per person | 68.65 BoP, current US$ per person | Australia |
| 1980s | 243.38 BoP, current US$ per person | 6.78 BoP, current US$ per person | 236.6 BoP, current US$ per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 343.34 BoP, current US$ per person | 33.66 BoP, current US$ per person | 309.68 BoP, current US$ per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 1,054 BoP, current US$ per person | 229.55 BoP, current US$ per person | 824.68 BoP, current US$ per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 2,179 BoP, current US$ per person | 994.28 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,185 BoP, current US$ per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 1,573 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,301 BoP, current US$ per person | 272.36 BoP, current US$ per person | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Australia or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 1,527 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,323 BoP, current US$ per person in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Australia and Maldives?
- 204 BoP, current US$ per person, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Maldives?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Maldives rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Australia ranks 25th and Maldives ranks 23rd of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.