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

Afghanistan
31.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2021
Papua New Guinea
95.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
175th
Papua New Guinea rank
173rd

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 95.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 31.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Afghanistan, a difference of 64.03 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 3.0 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 175th and Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd of 200 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.46 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 145.03 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 144.57 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1980s 1.48 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 248.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 247.24 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.8044 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 332.18 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 331.37 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2000s 167.94 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 253.51 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 85.57 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2010s 130.04 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 134.9 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4.86 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2020s 25.74 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 86.75 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 61.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Afghanistan or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 95.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 31.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Afghanistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea?
64.03 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea?
49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
How do Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Afghanistan ranks 175th and Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.