Madagascar vs Saint Lucia: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Madagascar
0.8%
in 2024
Saint Lucia
0.7%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
64th
Saint Lucia rank
65th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Madagascar
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Saint Lucia's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
Madagascar ranks 64th and Saint Lucia ranks 65th of 189 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and Saint Lucia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 0.9% | -0.4% | 1.3% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Madagascar or Saint Lucia?
- Madagascar, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Saint Lucia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Madagascar and Saint Lucia?
- 0.1%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Saint Lucia?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Saint Lucia rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Madagascar ranks 64th and Saint Lucia ranks 65th 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.