What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Latin America & Caribbean and Malta?

1.68 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Malta?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

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.

Latin America & Caribbean vs Malta: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit

Latin America & Caribbean

0.0244 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Malta

1.7 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2024

Latin America & Caribbean rank

4th

Malta rank

1st

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

Latin America & Caribbean
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 1.7 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0244 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 1.68 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Malta's figure about 69.8 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malta ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 4th and Malta ranks 1st of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latin America & Caribbean	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0281 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0213 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Malta
1980s	0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0202 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0122 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Malta
1990s	0.0213 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0611 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0397 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Malta
2000s	0.0367 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	1.5 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	1.46 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Malta
2010s	0.0453 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	1.23 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	1.18 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Malta
2020s	0.0349 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	2.04 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	2 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Latin America & Caribbean or Malta?: Malta, at 1.7 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0244 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Latin America & Caribbean and Malta?: 1.68 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Malta?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Malta rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 4th and Malta ranks 1st of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Latin America & Caribbean vs Malta: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/latin-america-and-caribbean/malta/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/latin-america-and-caribbean/malta/">Latin America & Caribbean vs Malta: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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: 11 September 2026

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.