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
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M197319982023

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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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.