El Salvador vs Honduras: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

El Salvador
119.98 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Honduras
126.85 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
103rd
Honduras rank
102nd

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time

  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Honduras currently reports 126.85 BoP, current US$ per person against 119.98 BoP, current US$ per person in El Salvador, a difference of 6.87 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Honduras's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Honduras ahead.

El Salvador ranks 103rd and Honduras ranks 102nd of 202 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Honduras in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Honduras Difference Ahead
1970s 2.48 BoP, current US$ per person 2.65 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1685 BoP, current US$ per person Honduras
1980s 2.53 BoP, current US$ per person 5.65 BoP, current US$ per person 3.12 BoP, current US$ per person Honduras
1990s 31.41 BoP, current US$ per person 14.32 BoP, current US$ per person 17.09 BoP, current US$ per person El Salvador
2000s 83.25 BoP, current US$ per person 78.41 BoP, current US$ per person 4.83 BoP, current US$ per person El Salvador
2010s 61.06 BoP, current US$ per person 123.44 BoP, current US$ per person 62.38 BoP, current US$ per person Honduras
2020s 100.55 BoP, current US$ per person 66.48 BoP, current US$ per person 34.07 BoP, current US$ per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, El Salvador or Honduras?
Honduras, at 126.85 BoP, current US$ 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$), per capita between El Salvador and Honduras?
6.87 BoP, current US$ per person, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Honduras?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Honduras rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
El Salvador ranks 103rd and Honduras ranks 102nd of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 12,254 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

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.