Bahamas vs Italy: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Bahamas
1.0%
in 2024
Italy
0.9%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
51st
Italy rank
53rd
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Bahamas
- Italy
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 1.0% against 0.9% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Italy ahead.
Bahamas ranks 51st and Italy ranks 53rd of 189 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Italy |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.9% | 0.2% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 1.2% | 3.1% | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.6% | Italy |
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 Italy?
- Bahamas, at 1.0% against 0.9% in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Bahamas and Italy?
- 0.1%, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Italy?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Italy rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Bahamas ranks 51st and Italy ranks 53rd 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.