Bulgaria vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Bulgaria
47,625 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
56,999 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
48th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
45th

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

  • Bulgaria
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0500.0k1.0M1.5M197019962023

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 56,999 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 47,625 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Bulgaria, a difference of 9,374 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 48th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 45th of 200 countries.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1980s 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 44,189 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 44,189 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 2,085 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 198,169 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 196,084 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 44,091 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 564,980 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 520,889 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 17,102 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 307,569 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 290,467 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 34,206 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 378,399 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 344,192 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Bulgaria or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 56,999 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 47,625 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Bulgaria and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
9,374 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Bulgaria ranks 48th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 45th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bulgaria vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/bulgaria/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/bulgaria/united-kingdom/">Bulgaria vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.