Japan vs Viet Nam: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square
Japan
54,881 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Viet Nam
59,024 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
46th
Viet Nam rank
43rd
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square over time
- Japan
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 59,024 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 54,881 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 4,143 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 46th and Viet Nam ranks 43rd of 200 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 338.29 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 336.01 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 491.15 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 17.06 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 474.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 7,332 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 4,110 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 3,222 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 28,811 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 11,301 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 17,510 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 46,035 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 35,747 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 10,287 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 113,697 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 54,127 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 59,570 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Japan or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 59,024 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 54,881 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Japan and Viet Nam?
- 4,143 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Viet Nam?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Viet Nam rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
- Japan ranks 46th and Viet Nam ranks 43rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.