Australia vs Gabon: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Australia
-0.3%
in 2025
Gabon
-0.2%
in 2019
Australia rank
173rd
Gabon rank
172nd
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Australia
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports -0.2% against -0.3% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 173rd and Gabon ranks 172nd of 189 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Gabon in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Gabon |
| 1980s | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.2% | Gabon |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.6% | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Australia or Gabon?
- Gabon, at -0.2% against -0.3% in Australia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Australia and Gabon?
- 0.1%, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Gabon?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.
- How do Australia and Gabon rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Australia ranks 173rd and Gabon ranks 172nd of 189 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund (Balance of Payments), UNCTAD, and national sources, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net outflows of foreign direct investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world.