Mauritania vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Mauritania
0.0%
in 2024
Samoa
0.0%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
135th
Samoa rank
137th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time
- Mauritania
- Samoa
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Samoa ahead.
Mauritania ranks 135th and Samoa ranks 137th of 189 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.1% | -0.7% | 0.7% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | -1.9% | 0.4% | 2.4% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Mauritania or Samoa?
- Mauritania, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Mauritania and Samoa?
- 0.0%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Samoa?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Samoa rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
- Mauritania ranks 135th and Samoa ranks 137th 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.