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

Cape Verde
23.86 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Saint Lucia
18.67 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
123rd
Saint Lucia rank
125th

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

  • Cape Verde
  • Saint Lucia
-50.0M050.0M100.0M197620002025

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 23.86 million BoP, current US$ against 18.67 million BoP, current US$ in Saint Lucia, a difference of 5.19 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.3 times Saint Lucia's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Saint Lucia ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 123rd and Saint Lucia ranks 125th of 192 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Saint Lucia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Saint Lucia Difference Ahead
1970s 0 BoP, current US$ 0 BoP, current US$ 0 BoP, current US$
1980s 95,344 BoP, current US$ 0 BoP, current US$ 95,344 BoP, current US$ Cape Verde
2000s 223,828 BoP, current US$ -6.12 million BoP, current US$ 6.34 million BoP, current US$ Cape Verde
2010s 9.08 million BoP, current US$ 11.49 million BoP, current US$ 2.41 million BoP, current US$ Saint Lucia
2020s 12.33 million BoP, current US$ -556,305 BoP, current US$ 12.89 million BoP, current US$ Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Cape Verde or Saint Lucia?
Cape Verde, at 23.86 million BoP, current US$ against 18.67 million BoP, current US$ in Saint Lucia as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Cape Verde and Saint Lucia?
5.19 million BoP, current US$, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Saint Lucia?
39 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Saint Lucia rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Cape Verde ranks 123rd and Saint Lucia ranks 125th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cape Verde vs Saint Lucia: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-gaps-filled/cabo-verde/st-lucia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-gaps-filled/cabo-verde/st-lucia/">Cape Verde vs Saint Lucia: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.