Sweden vs Upper middle income: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Sweden
1,807 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Upper middle income
96.24 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Sweden rank
20th
Upper middle income rank
20th

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

  • Sweden
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1,807 BoP, current US$ per person against 96.24 BoP, current US$ per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 1,711 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Sweden's figure about 18.8 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 20th and Upper middle income ranks 20th of 202 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 9.38 BoP, current US$ per person 2.16 BoP, current US$ per person 7.22 BoP, current US$ per person Sweden
1980s 82.07 BoP, current US$ per person 4.48 BoP, current US$ per person 77.6 BoP, current US$ per person Sweden
1990s 1,532 BoP, current US$ per person 31.13 BoP, current US$ per person 1,501 BoP, current US$ per person Sweden
2000s 2,446 BoP, current US$ per person 84.15 BoP, current US$ per person 2,361 BoP, current US$ per person Sweden
2010s 721.62 BoP, current US$ per person 170.96 BoP, current US$ per person 550.66 BoP, current US$ per person Sweden
2020s 3,158 BoP, current US$ per person 135.05 BoP, current US$ per person 3,023 BoP, current US$ per person Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Sweden or Upper middle income?
Sweden, at 1,807 BoP, current US$ per person against 96.24 BoP, current US$ per person in Upper middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Sweden and Upper middle income?
1,711 BoP, current US$ per person, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Upper middle income?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Sweden and Upper middle income rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Sweden ranks 20th and Upper middle income ranks 20th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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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.