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$), per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 126.85 BoP, current US$ 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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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.