Italy vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Italy
22.90 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
49.62 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Italy rank
22nd
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
22nd

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

  • Italy
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan currently reports 49.62 billion BoP, current US$ against 22.90 billion BoP, current US$ in Italy, a difference of 26.72 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's figure about 2.2 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 22nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 22nd of 192 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Difference Ahead
1970s 298.28 million BoP, current US$ 53.73 million BoP, current US$ 244.54 million BoP, current US$ Italy
1980s 2.01 billion BoP, current US$ 816.14 million BoP, current US$ 1.20 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
1990s 7.06 billion BoP, current US$ 1.15 billion BoP, current US$ 5.91 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
2000s 36.81 billion BoP, current US$ 25.13 billion BoP, current US$ 11.69 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
2010s 24.71 billion BoP, current US$ 53.57 billion BoP, current US$ 28.86 billion BoP, current US$ Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2020s 34.90 billion BoP, current US$ 104.14 billion BoP, current US$ 69.24 billion BoP, current US$ Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Italy or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, at 49.62 billion BoP, current US$ 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$), gaps between Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
26.72 billion BoP, current US$, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Italy ranks 22nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 22nd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.