Mauritania vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square

Mauritania
823.08 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Samoa
861.84 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania rank
160th
Samoa rank
157th

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

  • Mauritania
  • Samoa
05.0k10.0k15.0k197019962023

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 861.84 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 823.08 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Mauritania, a difference of 38.76 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Samoa ahead.

Mauritania ranks 160th and Samoa ranks 157th of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Samoa Difference Ahead
1970s -2.96 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 34.45 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 37.41 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
1980s 8.05 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54.7 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 46.66 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
1990s 5.16 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,755 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,750 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
2000s 207.21 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,367 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,160 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
2010s 483.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,474 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,990 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
2020s 1,030 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,850 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 819.55 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square, Mauritania or Samoa?
Samoa, at 861.84 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 823.08 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square between Mauritania and Samoa?
38.76 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Samoa?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Samoa rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
Mauritania ranks 160th and Samoa ranks 157th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.