Costa Rica vs Peru: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Costa Rica
0.5%
in 2025
Peru
0.4%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
79th
Peru rank
82nd
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Peru
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Peru, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Peru ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 79th and Peru ranks 82nd of 189 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Peru |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 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 Peru?
- Costa Rica, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Costa Rica and Peru?
- 0.1%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th and Peru ranks 82nd 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.