Bangladesh vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Bangladesh
10.51 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Samoa
10.13 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
164th
Samoa rank
165th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Bangladesh
- Samoa
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 10.51 BoP, current US$ per person against 10.13 BoP, current US$ per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.38 BoP, current US$ per person.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Samoa ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 164th and Samoa ranks 165th of 202 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0292 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.7485 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.7193 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.0237 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.9278 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.9041 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.433 BoP, current US$ per person | 28.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 28.1 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2000s | 3.61 BoP, current US$ per person | 50.38 BoP, current US$ per person | 46.77 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2010s | 12.91 BoP, current US$ per person | 63.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 50.12 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | 9.22 BoP, current US$ per person | 20.57 BoP, current US$ per person | 11.34 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Bangladesh or Samoa?
- Bangladesh, at 10.51 BoP, current US$ per person against 10.13 BoP, current US$ per person in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Bangladesh and Samoa?
- 0.38 BoP, current US$ per person, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Samoa?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Samoa rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 164th and Samoa ranks 165th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.