Macau, China vs Maldives: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Macau, China
34.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
2.57 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Macau, China rank
6th
Maldives rank
9th

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

  • Macau, China
  • Maldives
-200.0M-100.0M0100.0M200.0M197119972023

How they compare

Macau, China currently reports 34.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 2.57 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives, a difference of 32.10 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Macau, China's figure about 13.5 times Maldives's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Macau, China ahead.

Macau, China ranks 6th and Maldives ranks 9th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Macau, China averaged higher in 5 and Maldives in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Macau, China Maldives Difference Ahead
1970s 27,667 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 866.67 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 26,800 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China
1980s 55,286 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 6,986 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 48,300 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China
1990s -32,250 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 28,713 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 60,963 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Maldives
2000s 53.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 246,916 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 53.43 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China
2010s 88.62 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1.44 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 87.18 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China
2020s 29.37 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2.16 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 27.21 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Macau, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Macau, China or Maldives?
Macau, China, at 34.68 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 2.57 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Macau, China and Maldives?
32.10 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Macau, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and Maldives?
44 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.
How do Macau, China and Maldives rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Macau, China ranks 6th and Maldives ranks 9th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.