Costa Rica vs Fiji: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Costa Rica
0.5%
in 2025
Fiji
0.4%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
79th
Fiji rank
81st
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Fiji
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Fiji, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 79th and Fiji ranks 81st of 189 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Fiji in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Fiji | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Fiji |
| 1990s | 0.0% | -3.9% | 3.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.9% | -0.1% | 1.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Costa Rica or Fiji?
- Costa Rica, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Fiji as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Costa Rica and Fiji?
- 0.1%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Fiji?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Fiji rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th and Fiji ranks 81st 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.