El Salvador vs Italy: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
El Salvador
0.9%
in 2025
Italy
0.9%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
54th
Italy rank
53rd
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- El Salvador
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.9% against 0.9% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Italy ahead.
El Salvador ranks 54th and Italy ranks 53rd of 189 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.7% | Italy |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.8% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, El Salvador or Italy?
- Italy, at 0.9% against 0.9% in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between El Salvador and Italy?
- 0.0%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Italy?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Italy rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 54th and Italy ranks 53rd 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.