Egypt vs El Salvador: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Egypt
130.55 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
El Salvador
119.98 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Egypt rank
100th
El Salvador rank
103rd
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Egypt
- El Salvador
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 130.55 BoP, current US$ per person against 119.98 BoP, current US$ per person in El Salvador, a difference of 10.57 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.
Egypt ranks 100th and El Salvador ranks 103rd of 202 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and El Salvador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.04 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.48 BoP, current US$ per person | 1.57 BoP, current US$ per person | Egypt |
| 1980s | 16.83 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 14.3 BoP, current US$ per person | Egypt |
| 1990s | 10.56 BoP, current US$ per person | 31.41 BoP, current US$ per person | 20.85 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 56.34 BoP, current US$ per person | 83.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 26.91 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 56.91 BoP, current US$ per person | 61.06 BoP, current US$ per person | 4.14 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 136.18 BoP, current US$ per person | 100.55 BoP, current US$ per person | 35.63 BoP, current US$ per person | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Egypt or El Salvador?
- Egypt, at 130.55 BoP, current US$ per person against 119.98 BoP, current US$ per person in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Egypt and El Salvador?
- 10.57 BoP, current US$ per person, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and El Salvador?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and El Salvador rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Egypt ranks 100th and El Salvador ranks 103rd of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.