Bahrain vs Macau, China: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Bahrain
9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Macau, China
34.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Bahrain rank
7th
Macau, China rank
6th

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

  • Bahrain
  • Macau, China
-200.0M-100.0M0100.0M200.0M197119972023

How they compare

Macau, China currently reports 34.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Bahrain, a difference of 25.65 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Macau, China's figure about 3.8 times Bahrain's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Macau, China ahead.

Bahrain ranks 7th and Macau, China ranks 6th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 3 and Macau, China in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Macau, China Difference Ahead
1970s 73,325 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 27,667 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 45,658 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Bahrain
1980s 109,521 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 55,286 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54,236 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Bahrain
1990s 700,684 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -32,250 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 732,934 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Bahrain
2000s 1.32 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 53.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 52.36 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China
2010s 1.56 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 88.62 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 87.06 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China
2020s 3.76 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 29.37 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 25.60 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Bahrain or Macau, China?
Macau, China, at 34.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Bahrain as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Bahrain and Macau, China?
25.65 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Macau, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Macau, China?
44 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Macau, China rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Bahrain ranks 7th and Macau, China ranks 6th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.