Canada vs Papua New Guinea: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Canada
2.5%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
2.5%
in 2024
Canada rank
16th
Papua New Guinea rank
15th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Canada
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.5% against 2.5% in Canada, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 15th of 189 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.3% | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.3% | -0.1% | 2.4% | Canada |
| 2000s | 4.1% | 0.4% | 3.7% | Canada |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 1.3% | 2.5% | Canada |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 4.3% | 0.3% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Canada or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2.5% against 2.5% in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Canada and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Papua New Guinea?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Papua New Guinea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Canada ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 15th 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.