Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Costa Rica
0.5%
in 2025
Paraguay
0.5%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
79th
Paraguay rank
77th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Paraguay ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 79th and Paraguay ranks 77th of 189 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.7% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 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 Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 0.0%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th and Paraguay ranks 77th 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.