Euro area vs United Arab Emirates: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Euro area
236.8 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
United Arab Emirates
4,154 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Euro area rank
11th
United Arab Emirates rank
8th

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

  • Euro area
  • United Arab Emirates
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How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 4,154 BoP, current US$ per person against 236.8 BoP, current US$ per person in Euro area, a difference of 3,917 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 17.5 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Euro area ranks 11th and United Arab Emirates ranks 8th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Euro area averaged higher in 4 and United Arab Emirates in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1970s 20.73 BoP, current US$ per person 47.31 BoP, current US$ per person 26.59 BoP, current US$ per person United Arab Emirates
1980s 53.83 BoP, current US$ per person 40.79 BoP, current US$ per person 13.05 BoP, current US$ per person Euro area
1990s 322.71 BoP, current US$ per person 36.62 BoP, current US$ per person 286.09 BoP, current US$ per person Euro area
2000s 1,660 BoP, current US$ per person 1,186 BoP, current US$ per person 474.36 BoP, current US$ per person Euro area
2010s 1,565 BoP, current US$ per person 1,243 BoP, current US$ per person 322.12 BoP, current US$ per person Euro area
2020s 334.81 BoP, current US$ per person 2,722 BoP, current US$ per person 2,387 BoP, current US$ per person United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Euro area or United Arab Emirates?
United Arab Emirates, at 4,154 BoP, current US$ per person against 236.8 BoP, current US$ per person in Euro area as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Euro area and United Arab Emirates?
3,917 BoP, current US$ per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and United Arab Emirates?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Euro area and United Arab Emirates rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Euro area ranks 11th and United Arab Emirates ranks 8th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.