Lower middle income vs Maldives: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit

Lower middle income
0.0111 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Maldives
0.1142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
15th
Maldives rank
17th

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

  • Lower middle income
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.1142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0111 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.1031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Maldives's figure about 10.3 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 15th and Maldives ranks 17th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Maldives Difference Ahead
1970s 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0288 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0258 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1980s 0.0039 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1990s 0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0225 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0122 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2000s 0.0205 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0464 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2010s 0.0175 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.106 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0885 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2020s 0.0143 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1179 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1037 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Lower middle income or Maldives?
Maldives, at 0.1142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0111 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Lower middle income and Maldives?
0.1031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Maldives?
52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Maldives rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Lower middle income ranks 15th and Maldives ranks 17th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.