Barbados vs Qatar: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Barbados
1,073 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Qatar
1,020 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Barbados rank
35th
Qatar rank
38th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Barbados
- Qatar
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1,073 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,020 BoP, current US$ per person in Qatar, a difference of 53 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Qatar ahead.
Barbados ranks 35th and Qatar ranks 38th of 202 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Qatar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.63 BoP, current US$ per person | 45.01 BoP, current US$ per person | 1.38 BoP, current US$ per person | Qatar |
| 1980s | 81.92 BoP, current US$ per person | -1.92 BoP, current US$ per person | 83.84 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
| 1990s | 91.66 BoP, current US$ per person | 296.71 BoP, current US$ per person | 205.05 BoP, current US$ per person | Qatar |
| 2000s | 1,107 BoP, current US$ per person | 2,231 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,123 BoP, current US$ per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 1,461 BoP, current US$ per person | 298.44 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,163 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
| 2020s | 870.89 BoP, current US$ per person | -259.3 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,130 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Barbados or Qatar?
- Barbados, at 1,073 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,020 BoP, current US$ per person in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Barbados and Qatar?
- 53 BoP, current US$ per person, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Qatar?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Qatar rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Barbados ranks 35th and Qatar ranks 38th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.