Barbados vs Burkina Faso: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Barbados
0.2%
in 2024
Burkina Faso
0.2%
in 2024
Barbados rank
101st
Burkina Faso rank
100th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Barbados
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Barbados ranks 101st and Burkina Faso ranks 100th of 189 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.6% | -0.4% | 2.0% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 0.3% | 1.8% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Barbados or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Barbados and Burkina Faso?
- 0.0%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Burkina Faso?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Burkina Faso rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Barbados ranks 101st and Burkina Faso ranks 100th 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.