Namibia vs Philippines: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP

Namibia
0.3%
in 2024
Philippines
0.3%
in 2025
Namibia rank
90th
Philippines rank
89th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP over time

  • Namibia
  • Philippines
-2024197720012025

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Namibia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 90th and Philippines ranks 89th of 189 countries.

Philippines has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Philippines Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% Philippines
2000s -0.0% 0.8% 0.8% Philippines
2010s 0.2% 1.3% 1.2% Philippines
2020s -0.3% 0.8% 1.1% Philippines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp, Namibia or Philippines?
Philippines, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Namibia as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp between Namibia and Philippines?
0.0%, with Philippines ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Philippines?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Philippines rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of gdp?
Namibia ranks 90th and Philippines ranks 89th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Namibia vs Philippines: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on International Monetary Fund (Balance of Payments), UNCTAD, and national sources, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-as-share-of-gdp/namibia/philippines/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-as-share-of-gdp/namibia/philippines/">Namibia vs Philippines: Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Unit
% of GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund (Balance of Payments), UNCTAD, and national sources, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 7,265 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Net outflows of foreign direct investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world.