Kuwait vs Lower middle income: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Kuwait
118,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Lower middle income
3,935 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
30th
Lower middle income rank
27th

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

  • Kuwait
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 118,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 3,935 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income, a difference of 114,729 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 30.2 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 30th and Lower middle income ranks 27th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Lower middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 165.77 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 46.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 119.06 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
1980s 13.13 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 136.95 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 123.82 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Lower middle income
1990s 11,668 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 534.54 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 11,134 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2000s 8,078 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,318 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 5,759 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2010s 59,145 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,313 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54,832 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2020s 28,570 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,474 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 24,096 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Kuwait or Lower middle income?
Kuwait, at 118,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 3,935 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Kuwait and Lower middle income?
114,729 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Lower middle income?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Lower middle income rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Kuwait ranks 30th and Lower middle income ranks 27th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.