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

Lower middle income
0.0111 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Mauritania
0.1324 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
15th
Mauritania rank
12th

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

  • Lower middle income
  • Mauritania
-0.2-0.100.10.20.3197019972025

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.1324 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0111 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.1213 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 12.0 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 15th and Mauritania ranks 12th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Mauritania Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP -0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0084 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
1980s 0.0039 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0075 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0036 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Mauritania
1990s 0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0076 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2000s 0.0205 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0738 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0534 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Mauritania
2010s 0.0175 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0749 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0574 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Mauritania
2020s 0.0143 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1173 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Lower middle income or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 0.1324 BoP, current US$ 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$), per unit between Lower middle income and Mauritania?
0.1213 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Mauritania?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Mauritania rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Lower middle income ranks 15th and Mauritania ranks 12th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.