Samoa vs Sudan: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Samoa
10.13 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Sudan
10.95 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2023
Samoa rank
165th
Sudan rank
163rd
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Samoa
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 10.95 BoP, current US$ per person against 10.13 BoP, current US$ per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.82 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 165th and Sudan ranks 163rd of 202 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6812 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.154 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.5272 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.9278 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.3574 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.5704 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 1990s | 28.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 3.47 BoP, current US$ per person | 25.07 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2000s | 50.38 BoP, current US$ per person | 40.58 BoP, current US$ per person | 9.81 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2010s | 63.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 38.35 BoP, current US$ per person | 24.68 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | 24.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 12.19 BoP, current US$ per person | 11.83 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$), per capita, Samoa or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 10.95 BoP, current US$ per person against 10.13 BoP, current US$ per person in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Samoa and Sudan?
- 0.82 BoP, current US$ per person, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sudan?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Sudan rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Samoa ranks 165th and Sudan ranks 163rd of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.