Malawi vs Paraguay: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Malawi
0.5%
in 2024
Paraguay
0.5%
in 2025
Malawi rank
74th
Paraguay rank
77th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Malawi
- Paraguay
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Paraguay, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Paraguay ahead.
Malawi ranks 74th and Paraguay ranks 77th of 189 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Paraguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 0.9% | 1.0% | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Malawi or Paraguay?
- Malawi, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Malawi and Paraguay?
- 0.0%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Paraguay?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Paraguay rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Malawi ranks 74th 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.