El Salvador vs Norway: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

El Salvador
37,562 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Norway
37,844 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
58th
Norway rank
56th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Norway
-50.0k050.0k100.0k197019962023

How they compare

Norway currently reports 37,844 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 37,562 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 282 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 23 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 58th and Norway ranks 56th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Norway in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Norway Difference Ahead
1970s 488.16 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 844.51 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 356.35 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
1980s 607.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,070 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 463.12 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
1990s 8,895 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 6,621 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,273 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 24,138 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 27,266 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,129 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
2010s 18,233 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 18,310 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 77.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
2020s 24,029 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 29,605 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 5,577 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, El Salvador or Norway?
Norway, at 37,844 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 37,562 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between El Salvador and Norway?
282 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Norway?
52 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Norway rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
El Salvador ranks 58th and Norway ranks 56th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.