Barbados vs Mauritius: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Barbados
0.2%
in 2024
Mauritius
0.3%
in 2024
Barbados rank
101st
Mauritius rank
99th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Barbados
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Barbados, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 101st and Mauritius ranks 99th of 189 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Mauritius in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.3% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Mauritius |
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 Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 0.3% 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 Mauritius?
- 0.1%, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Mauritius?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Mauritius rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Barbados ranks 101st and Mauritius ranks 99th 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.