El Salvador vs Laos: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
El Salvador
119.98 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Laos
127.22 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
103rd
Laos rank
101st
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 127.22 BoP, current US$ per person against 119.98 BoP, current US$ per person in El Salvador, a difference of 7.24 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 103rd and Laos ranks 101st of 202 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Laos in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.79 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.1221 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.67 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 3.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.1687 BoP, current US$ per person | 3.08 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 31.41 BoP, current US$ per person | 8.94 BoP, current US$ per person | 22.47 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 83.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 19.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 63.71 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 61.06 BoP, current US$ per person | 124.71 BoP, current US$ per person | 63.65 BoP, current US$ per person | Laos |
| 2020s | 96.66 BoP, current US$ per person | 146.24 BoP, current US$ per person | 49.58 BoP, current US$ per person | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, El Salvador or Laos?
- Laos, at 127.22 BoP, current US$ per person against 119.98 BoP, current US$ per person in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between El Salvador and Laos?
- 7.24 BoP, current US$ per person, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Laos?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Laos rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 103rd and Laos ranks 101st of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.