Eritrea vs Papua New Guinea: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Eritrea
17.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
95.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Eritrea rank
176th
Papua New Guinea rank
173rd

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

  • Eritrea
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 95.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 17.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Eritrea, a difference of 78.53 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 5.6 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd of 200 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 265.24 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 245.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 19.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Eritrea
2000s 234.05 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 253.51 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 19.46 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2010s 346.22 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 134.9 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 211.32 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Eritrea
2020s -188.95 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 726.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 914.97 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Eritrea or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 95.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 17.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Eritrea as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Eritrea and Papua New Guinea?
78.53 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Papua New Guinea?
30 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Eritrea ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.