Guinea-Bissau vs Malawi: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Guinea-Bissau
12.11 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Malawi
11.91 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
161st
Malawi rank
162nd

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

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 12.11 BoP, current US$ per person against 11.91 BoP, current US$ per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.2 BoP, current US$ per person.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Malawi ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 161st and Malawi ranks 162nd of 202 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Malawi Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0449 BoP, current US$ per person 1.65 BoP, current US$ per person 1.61 BoP, current US$ per person Malawi
1980s 0.8046 BoP, current US$ per person 0.9603 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1557 BoP, current US$ per person Malawi
1990s 2.85 BoP, current US$ per person 1.2 BoP, current US$ per person 1.65 BoP, current US$ per person Guinea-Bissau
2000s 5.68 BoP, current US$ per person 5.86 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1838 BoP, current US$ per person Malawi
2010s 14.35 BoP, current US$ per person 15.86 BoP, current US$ per person 1.52 BoP, current US$ per person Malawi
2020s 10.7 BoP, current US$ per person 10.22 BoP, current US$ per person 0.4816 BoP, current US$ per person Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Guinea-Bissau or Malawi?
Guinea-Bissau, at 12.11 BoP, current US$ per person against 11.91 BoP, current US$ per person in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
0.2 BoP, current US$ per person, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
46 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Malawi rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 161st and Malawi ranks 162nd of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.