Barbados vs Cape Verde: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Barbados
18.57 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Cape Verde
23.86 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Barbados rank
126th
Cape Verde rank
123rd

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps over time

  • Barbados
  • Cape Verde
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How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 23.86 million BoP, current US$ against 18.57 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados, a difference of 5.29 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.3 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 126th and Cape Verde ranks 123rd of 192 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Cape Verde Difference Ahead
1970s 12,833 BoP, current US$ 0 BoP, current US$ 12,833 BoP, current US$ Barbados
1980s 1.66 million BoP, current US$ 95,344 BoP, current US$ 1.56 million BoP, current US$ Barbados
1990s 1.75 million BoP, current US$ 220,186 BoP, current US$ 1.53 million BoP, current US$ Barbados
2000s 63.68 million BoP, current US$ 223,828 BoP, current US$ 63.46 million BoP, current US$ Barbados
2010s 122.05 million BoP, current US$ 9.08 million BoP, current US$ 112.96 million BoP, current US$ Barbados
2020s 13.35 million BoP, current US$ 10.03 million BoP, current US$ 3.32 million BoP, current US$ Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Barbados or Cape Verde?
Cape Verde, at 23.86 million BoP, current US$ against 18.57 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Barbados and Cape Verde?
5.29 million BoP, current US$, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cape Verde?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Cape Verde rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Barbados ranks 126th and Cape Verde ranks 123rd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
239 places, 10,166 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) with 127 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.