Italy vs Sierra Leone: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Italy
14.99 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Sierra Leone
14.09 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Italy rank
158th
Sierra Leone rank
159th

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

  • Italy
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 14.99 BoP, current US$ per person against 14.09 BoP, current US$ per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.9 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 158th and Sierra Leone ranks 159th of 202 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 10.69 BoP, current US$ per person 3.26 BoP, current US$ per person 7.43 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
1980s 33.41 BoP, current US$ per person -3.61 BoP, current US$ per person 37.02 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
1990s 69.62 BoP, current US$ per person 0.8141 BoP, current US$ per person 68.81 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
2000s 433.22 BoP, current US$ per person 9.69 BoP, current US$ per person 423.53 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
2010s 347.8 BoP, current US$ per person 56.74 BoP, current US$ per person 291.05 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
2020s 480.4 BoP, current US$ per person 16.35 BoP, current US$ per person 464.06 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$), per capita, Italy or Sierra Leone?
Italy, at 14.99 BoP, current US$ per person against 14.09 BoP, current US$ per person in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Italy and Sierra Leone?
0.9 BoP, current US$ per person, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sierra Leone?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Italy and Sierra Leone rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Italy ranks 158th and Sierra Leone ranks 159th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.