Kenya vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Kenya
8.21 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Samoa
10.13 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Kenya rank
167th
Samoa rank
165th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Kenya
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 10.13 BoP, current US$ per person against 8.21 BoP, current US$ per person in Kenya, a difference of 1.92 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 167th and Samoa ranks 165th of 202 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.18 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.6201 BoP, current US$ per person | 1.56 BoP, current US$ per person | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.63 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.9278 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.7058 BoP, current US$ per person | Kenya |
| 1990s | 2.01 BoP, current US$ per person | 28.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 26.53 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2000s | 3.48 BoP, current US$ per person | 50.38 BoP, current US$ per person | 46.9 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2010s | 18.71 BoP, current US$ per person | 63.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 44.32 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | 7.95 BoP, current US$ per person | 22.65 BoP, current US$ per person | 14.7 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Kenya or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 10.13 BoP, current US$ per person against 8.21 BoP, current US$ per person in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Kenya and Samoa?
- 1.92 BoP, current US$ per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Samoa?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Samoa rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Kenya ranks 167th and Samoa ranks 165th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.