Low income vs Saudi Arabia: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Low income
2.48 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
882.47 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Low income rank
44th
Saudi Arabia rank
44th

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

  • Low income
  • Saudi Arabia
-1.0k-50005001.0k1.5k197019972025

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 882.47 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.48 BoP, current US$ per person in Low income, a difference of 879.99 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 355.8 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Low income ranks 44th and Saudi Arabia ranks 44th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Low income Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 1.05 BoP, current US$ per person -67.35 BoP, current US$ per person 68.4 BoP, current US$ per person Low income
1980s 0.7473 BoP, current US$ per person 337.18 BoP, current US$ per person 336.43 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
1990s 2.25 BoP, current US$ per person 54.74 BoP, current US$ per person 52.49 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
2000s 12.26 BoP, current US$ per person 82.47 BoP, current US$ per person 70.2 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
2010s 25.24 BoP, current US$ per person 213.76 BoP, current US$ per person 188.52 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
2020s 19.65 BoP, current US$ per person 661 BoP, current US$ per person 641.35 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Low income or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 882.47 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.48 BoP, current US$ per person in Low income as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Low income and Saudi Arabia?
879.99 BoP, current US$ per person, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Saudi Arabia?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Low income and Saudi Arabia rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Low income ranks 44th and Saudi Arabia ranks 44th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.