Costa Rica vs Gabon: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit

Costa Rica
0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Gabon
0.0548 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
42nd
Gabon rank
41st

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Gabon
-0.0500.050.1197019972025

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 0.0548 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 42nd and Gabon ranks 41st of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Gabon in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Gabon Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0226 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0297 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0071 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Gabon
1980s 0.0178 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0185 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Gabon
1990s 0.032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP -0.0087 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0407 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2000s 0.0604 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.03 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0304 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2010s 0.0532 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0579 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0047 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Gabon
2020s 0.0556 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0717 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0161 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Costa Rica or Gabon?
Gabon, at 0.0548 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Costa Rica and Gabon?
0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Gabon?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Gabon rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Costa Rica ranks 42nd and Gabon ranks 41st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. 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$), per unit of GDP
Unit
BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 11,888 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.