Kuwait vs Portugal: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square
Kuwait
118,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
126,472 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
30th
Portugal rank
28th
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square over time
- Kuwait
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 126,472 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 118,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Kuwait, a difference of 7,808 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 30th and Portugal ranks 28th of 200 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 165.77 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 808.16 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 642.39 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 1980s | 13.13 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 4,871 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 4,858 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 1990s | 11,668 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 23,513 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 11,844 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2000s | 8,078 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 69,059 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 60,982 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2010s | 59,145 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 110,295 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 51,150 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2020s | 28,570 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 103,843 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 75,274 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Kuwait or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 126,472 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 118,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Kuwait and Portugal?
- 7,808 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Portugal?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Portugal rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
- Kuwait ranks 30th and Portugal ranks 28th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.