Malta vs North America: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Malta
76.88 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
North America
22,635 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Malta rank
4th
North America rank
2nd

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

  • Malta
  • North America
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 76.88 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 22,635 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in North America, a difference of 76.86 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Malta's figure about 3,396.5 times North America's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 4th and North America ranks 2nd of 200 countries.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta North America Difference Ahead
1970s 40,482 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 340.95 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 40,141 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
1980s 90,627 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,100 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 88,527 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
1990s 701,683 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 6,498 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 695,185 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
2000s 33.67 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 14,818 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 33.66 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
2010s 54.80 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 20,287 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54.78 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta
2020s 127.67 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 21,979 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 127.65 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Malta or North America?
Malta, at 76.88 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 22,635 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in North America as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Malta and North America?
76.86 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and North America?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Malta and North America rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Malta ranks 4th and North America ranks 2nd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.