Bahrain vs Maldives: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square
Bahrain
9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
2.57 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Bahrain rank
7th
Maldives rank
9th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square over time
- Bahrain
- Maldives
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 2.57 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives, a difference of 6.46 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
That makes Bahrain's figure about 3.5 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 9th of 200 countries.
Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 36,611 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2,376 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 34,235 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 37,071 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 4,790 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 32,281 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 700,684 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 28,713 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 671,972 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 1.32 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 246,916 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 1.08 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 1.56 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 1.44 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 122,622 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 2020s | 3.76 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2.16 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 1.61 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Bahrain or Maldives?
- Bahrain, at 9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 2.57 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives as of 2023.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Bahrain and Maldives?
- 6.46 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Maldives?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.
- How do Bahrain and Maldives rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
- Bahrain ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 9th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.