Italy vs Nigeria: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Italy
14.99 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Nigeria
16.86 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Italy rank
158th
Nigeria rank
155th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Italy
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 16.86 BoP, current US$ per person against 14.99 BoP, current US$ per person in Italy, a difference of 1.87 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 158th and Nigeria ranks 155th of 202 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.69 BoP, current US$ per person | 5.08 BoP, current US$ per person | 5.61 BoP, current US$ per person | Italy |
| 1980s | 33.41 BoP, current US$ per person | 4.82 BoP, current US$ per person | 28.58 BoP, current US$ per person | Italy |
| 1990s | 69.62 BoP, current US$ per person | 7.5 BoP, current US$ per person | 62.12 BoP, current US$ per person | Italy |
| 2000s | 433.22 BoP, current US$ per person | 27.12 BoP, current US$ per person | 406.1 BoP, current US$ per person | Italy |
| 2010s | 347.8 BoP, current US$ per person | 24.44 BoP, current US$ per person | 323.35 BoP, current US$ per person | Italy |
| 2020s | 402.83 BoP, current US$ per person | 9.58 BoP, current US$ per person | 393.25 BoP, current US$ per person | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Italy or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 16.86 BoP, current US$ per person against 14.99 BoP, current US$ per person in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Italy and Nigeria?
- 1.87 BoP, current US$ per person, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Nigeria?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Nigeria rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Italy ranks 158th and Nigeria ranks 155th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.