Belarus vs Romania: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP

Belarus
0.2%
in 2025
Romania
0.2%
in 2025
Belarus rank
111th
Romania rank
112th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time

  • Belarus
  • Romania
-1.5-1-0.500.51198720062025

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Romania, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Romania ahead.

Belarus ranks 111th and Romania ranks 112th of 189 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belarus Romania Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Belarus
2000s -0.1% 0.1% 0.2% Romania
2010s 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% Romania
2020s 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Belarus or Romania?
Belarus, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Romania as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Belarus and Romania?
0.0%, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Romania?
33 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2025.
How do Belarus and Romania rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
Belarus ranks 111th and Romania ranks 112th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belarus vs Romania: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on International Monetary Fund (Balance of Payments), UNCTAD, and national sources, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-as-share-of-gdp/belarus/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-as-share-of-gdp/belarus/romania/">Belarus vs Romania: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Unit
% of GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund (Balance of Payments), UNCTAD, and national sources, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 7,265 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Net outflows of foreign direct investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world.