Bahamas vs Bulgaria: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Bahamas
1.0%
in 2024
Bulgaria
1.2%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
51st
Bulgaria rank
48th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Bahamas
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1.2% against 1.0% in Bahamas, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 51st and Bulgaria ranks 48th of 189 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 4 and Bulgaria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 0.7% | 1.4% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 1.0% | 3.2% | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Bahamas or Bulgaria?
- Bulgaria, at 1.2% against 1.0% in Bahamas as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Bahamas and Bulgaria?
- 0.2%, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Bulgaria?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Bulgaria rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Bahamas ranks 51st and Bulgaria ranks 48th 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.