Costa Rica vs Türkiye: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Costa Rica
0.5%
in 2025
Türkiye
0.5%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
79th
Türkiye rank
76th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Türkiye
How they compare
Türkiye currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Türkiye ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 79th and Türkiye ranks 76th of 189 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Türkiye in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Türkiye | 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% | Türkiye |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 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 Türkiye?
- Türkiye, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Costa Rica and Türkiye?
- 0.0%, with Türkiye ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Türkiye?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Türkiye rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th and Türkiye ranks 76th 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.