Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Costa Rica
103,789 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Dominican Republic
98,562 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
33rd
Dominican Republic rank
34th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k197019962023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 103,789 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 98,562 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Dominican Republic, a difference of 5,227 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Dominican Republic's.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Dominican Republic ranks 34th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Dominican Republic in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Dominican Republic Difference Ahead
1970s 869.32 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,127 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 257.36 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Dominican Republic
1980s 1,376 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,406 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 29.87 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Dominican Republic
1990s 6,891 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 7,929 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,038 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Dominican Republic
2000s 26,535 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 28,726 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,192 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Dominican Republic
2010s 54,874 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 52,454 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,420 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 79,352 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 75,785 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,567 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Costa Rica or Dominican Republic?
Costa Rica, at 103,789 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 98,562 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Dominican Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Costa Rica and Dominican Republic?
5,227 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Dominican Republic?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Dominican Republic rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Dominican Republic ranks 34th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.