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

Bahrain
9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Malta
76.88 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Bahrain rank
7th
Malta rank
4th

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

  • Bahrain
  • Malta
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 76.88 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 9.03 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Bahrain, a difference of 67.85 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Malta's figure about 8.5 times Bahrain's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Malta ahead.

Bahrain ranks 7th and Malta ranks 4th of 200 countries.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Malta Difference Ahead
1970s 36,611 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 45,509 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 8,898 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
1980s 37,071 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 90,627 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 53,556 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
1990s 700,684 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 701,683 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 998.69 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
2000s 1.32 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 33.67 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 32.35 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
2010s 1.56 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54.80 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 53.24 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
2020s 3.76 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 127.67 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 123.90 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Bahrain or Malta?
Malta, at 76.88 million BoP, current US$ 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$), per square between Bahrain and Malta?
67.85 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malta?
51 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Malta rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Bahrain ranks 7th and Malta ranks 4th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.