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

Upper middle income
0.0088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Zambia
0.0932 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Upper middle income rank
27th
Zambia rank
24th

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

  • Upper middle income
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.0932 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0844 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Zambia's figure about 10.6 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Upper middle income ranks 27th and Zambia ranks 24th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Upper middle income Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0069 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1980s 0.0052 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0169 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0117 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1990s 0.0206 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0408 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0202 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2000s 0.0294 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0553 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0259 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2010s 0.0244 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0519 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0275 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2020s 0.0152 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0291 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0139 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Upper middle income or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.0932 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Upper middle income and Zambia?
0.0844 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Zambia?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Upper middle income and Zambia rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Upper middle income ranks 27th and Zambia ranks 24th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), 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.