Italy vs Lower middle income: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Italy
22.90 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Lower middle income
39.97 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Italy rank
22nd
Lower middle income rank
23rd

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

  • Italy
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Lower middle income currently reports 39.97 billion BoP, current US$ against 22.90 billion BoP, current US$ in Italy, a difference of 17.07 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Lower middle income's figure about 1.7 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 22nd and Lower middle income ranks 23rd of 192 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 298.28 million BoP, current US$ 20.99 million BoP, current US$ 277.29 million BoP, current US$ Italy
1980s 2.01 billion BoP, current US$ 224.81 million BoP, current US$ 1.79 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
1990s 7.06 billion BoP, current US$ 961.53 million BoP, current US$ 6.10 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
2000s 36.81 billion BoP, current US$ 10.95 billion BoP, current US$ 25.87 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
2010s 24.71 billion BoP, current US$ 17.32 billion BoP, current US$ 7.40 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
2020s 34.90 billion BoP, current US$ 25.16 billion BoP, current US$ 9.74 billion BoP, current US$ Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Italy or Lower middle income?
Lower middle income, at 39.97 billion BoP, current US$ against 22.90 billion BoP, current US$ in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Italy and Lower middle income?
17.07 billion BoP, current US$, with Lower middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lower middle income?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Italy and Lower middle income rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Italy ranks 22nd and Lower middle income ranks 23rd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.