Cape Verde vs Madagascar: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Cape Verde
0.8%
in 2025
Madagascar
0.8%
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
61st
Madagascar rank
64th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Cape Verde
- Madagascar
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Madagascar ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 61st and Madagascar ranks 64th of 189 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Cape Verde or Madagascar?
- Cape Verde, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Madagascar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Cape Verde and Madagascar?
- 0.0%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Madagascar?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Madagascar rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Cape Verde ranks 61st and Madagascar ranks 64th 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.