Afghanistan vs Eritrea: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Afghanistan
31.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2021
Eritrea
17.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
175th
Eritrea rank
176th

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Eritrea
-50005001.0k197019962023

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 31.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 17.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Eritrea, a difference of 14.5 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.8 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 175th and Eritrea ranks 176th of 200 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 1 and Eritrea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Eritrea Difference Ahead
1990s 1.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 265.24 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 263.89 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Eritrea
2000s 167.94 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 234.05 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 66.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Eritrea
2010s 130.04 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 346.22 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 216.18 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Eritrea
2020s 25.74 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -254.22 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 279.96 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Afghanistan or Eritrea?
Afghanistan, at 31.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 17.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Eritrea as of 2021.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Afghanistan and Eritrea?
14.5 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Eritrea?
28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2021.
How do Afghanistan and Eritrea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Afghanistan ranks 175th and Eritrea ranks 176th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. 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$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 11,736 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.