Bahamas vs El Salvador: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Bahamas
1.0%
in 2024
El Salvador
0.9%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
51st
El Salvador rank
54th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Bahamas
- El Salvador
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 1.0% against 0.9% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was El Salvador ahead.
Bahamas ranks 51st and El Salvador ranks 54th of 189 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 3 and El Salvador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 0.1% | 2.0% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 4.2% | -0.1% | 4.3% | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Bahamas |
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 El Salvador?
- Bahamas, at 1.0% against 0.9% in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Bahamas and El Salvador?
- 0.1%, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and El Salvador?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and El Salvador rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Bahamas ranks 51st and El Salvador ranks 54th 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.