Maldives vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit

Maldives
0.1142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Maldives rank
17th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
20th

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

  • Maldives
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
-0.0500.050.10.15197019972025

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.1142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1044 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Maldives's figure about 11.6 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Maldives ranks 17th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0288 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0254 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1980s 0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1990s 0.0225 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0156 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2000s 0.0464 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0216 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0248 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2010s 0.106 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0096 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0964 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2020s 0.1179 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1075 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$), per unit, Maldives or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Maldives, at 0.1142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Maldives and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.1044 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Maldives ranks 17th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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
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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.