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

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
276.66 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Suriname
3,186 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
8th
Suriname rank
11th

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

  • Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 3,186 BoP, current US$ per person against 276.66 BoP, current US$ per person in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 2,909 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Suriname's figure about 11.5 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

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

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th and Suriname ranks 11th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 5 and Suriname in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) Suriname Difference Ahead
1970s 8.02 BoP, current US$ per person -12.91 BoP, current US$ per person 20.93 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s 16.98 BoP, current US$ per person -137.16 BoP, current US$ per person 154.14 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 80.44 BoP, current US$ per person -59.1 BoP, current US$ per person 139.54 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s 155.43 BoP, current US$ per person -195.45 BoP, current US$ per person 350.88 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s 305.71 BoP, current US$ per person 155.1 BoP, current US$ per person 150.61 BoP, current US$ per person Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
2020s 260.19 BoP, current US$ per person 971.63 BoP, current US$ per person 711.44 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$), per capita, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) or Suriname?
Suriname, at 3,186 BoP, current US$ per person against 276.66 BoP, current US$ per person in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Suriname?
2,909 BoP, current US$ per person, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Suriname?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Suriname rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th and Suriname ranks 11th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.