Latin America & Caribbean vs Suriname: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Latin America & Caribbean
270.38 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Suriname
3,186 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean rank
9th
Suriname rank
11th

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

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 3,186 BoP, current US$ per person against 270.38 BoP, current US$ per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 2,916 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Suriname's figure about 11.8 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 9th and Suriname ranks 11th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 5 and Suriname in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Suriname Difference Ahead
1970s 7.93 BoP, current US$ per person -12.91 BoP, current US$ per person 20.84 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & Caribbean
1980s 16.79 BoP, current US$ per person -137.16 BoP, current US$ per person 153.95 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & Caribbean
1990s 85.88 BoP, current US$ per person -59.1 BoP, current US$ per person 144.99 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & Caribbean
2000s 207.59 BoP, current US$ per person -195.45 BoP, current US$ per person 403.05 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & Caribbean
2010s 424.86 BoP, current US$ per person 155.1 BoP, current US$ per person 269.76 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & Caribbean
2020s 313.36 BoP, current US$ per person 971.63 BoP, current US$ per person 658.27 BoP, current US$ per person Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Latin America & Caribbean or Suriname?
Suriname, at 3,186 BoP, current US$ per person against 270.38 BoP, current US$ per person in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Latin America & Caribbean and Suriname?
2,916 BoP, current US$ per person, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Suriname?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Suriname rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 9th and Suriname ranks 11th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.