El Salvador vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

El Salvador
119.98 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Lao People's Democratic Republic
127.22 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
103rd
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
101st

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

  • El Salvador
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic'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 Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 101st of 202 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 96.66 BoP, current US$ per person 146.24 BoP, current US$ per person 49.58 BoP, current US$ per person Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, El Salvador or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 127.22 BoP, current US$ 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$), per capita between El Salvador and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
7.24 BoP, current US$ per person, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
El Salvador ranks 103rd and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 101st of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.