Costa Rica vs Viet Nam: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Costa Rica
466.29 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Viet Nam
600.00 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
63rd
Viet Nam rank
60th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Viet Nam
-2.0B-1.0B01.0B2.0B3.0B197620002025

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 600.00 million BoP, current US$ against 466.29 million BoP, current US$ in Costa Rica, a difference of 133.71 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 63rd and Viet Nam ranks 60th of 192 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Viet Nam Difference Ahead
2000s 253.81 million BoP, current US$ 266.80 million BoP, current US$ 12.99 million BoP, current US$ Viet Nam
2010s 462.97 million BoP, current US$ 981.90 million BoP, current US$ 518.93 million BoP, current US$ Viet Nam
2020s 645.90 million BoP, current US$ 484.60 million BoP, current US$ 161.30 million BoP, current US$ Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Costa Rica or Viet Nam?
Viet Nam, at 600.00 million BoP, current US$ against 466.29 million BoP, current US$ in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Costa Rica and Viet Nam?
133.71 million BoP, current US$, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Viet Nam?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Viet Nam rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Costa Rica ranks 63rd and Viet Nam ranks 60th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.