Botswana vs Mauritania: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Botswana
3.02 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Mauritania
3.90 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Botswana rank
141st
Mauritania rank
138th

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

  • Botswana
  • Mauritania
-750.0M-500.0M-250.0M0250.0M500.0M197519992024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 3.90 million BoP, current US$ against 3.02 million BoP, current US$ in Botswana, a difference of 878,940 BoP, current US$.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Mauritania ahead.

Botswana ranks 141st and Mauritania ranks 138th of 192 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 4 and Mauritania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Mauritania Difference Ahead
1970s 70,508 BoP, current US$ 0 BoP, current US$ 70,508 BoP, current US$ Botswana
1980s 216,077 BoP, current US$ 254,501 BoP, current US$ 38,424 BoP, current US$ Mauritania
1990s 9.37 million BoP, current US$ 185,238 BoP, current US$ 9.18 million BoP, current US$ Botswana
2000s 64.72 million BoP, current US$ 1.76 million BoP, current US$ 62.97 million BoP, current US$ Botswana
2010s 60.95 million BoP, current US$ -221.02 million BoP, current US$ 281.97 million BoP, current US$ Botswana
2020s -18.23 million BoP, current US$ 4.36 million BoP, current US$ 22.59 million BoP, current US$ Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Botswana or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 3.90 million BoP, current US$ against 3.02 million BoP, current US$ in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Botswana and Mauritania?
878,940 BoP, current US$, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Mauritania?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Mauritania rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Botswana ranks 141st and Mauritania ranks 138th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.