Kiribati vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Kiribati
16,114 BoP, current US$
in 2025
Lao People's Democratic Republic
6,670 BoP, current US$
in 2022
Kiribati rank
153rd
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
154th

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

  • Kiribati
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 16,114 BoP, current US$ against 6,670 BoP, current US$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 9,444 BoP, current US$.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 2.4 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 153rd and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 154th of 192 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 1 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1980s 0 BoP, current US$ 118,857 BoP, current US$ 118,857 BoP, current US$ Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s 80,419 BoP, current US$ 2.24 million BoP, current US$ 2.16 million BoP, current US$ Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 85,108 BoP, current US$ 1.85 million BoP, current US$ 1.76 million BoP, current US$ Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 109,864 BoP, current US$ 6.00 million BoP, current US$ 5.89 million BoP, current US$ Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 76,840 BoP, current US$ 4,450 BoP, current US$ 72,390 BoP, current US$ Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Kiribati or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Kiribati, at 16,114 BoP, current US$ against 6,670 BoP, current US$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Kiribati and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
9,444 BoP, current US$, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
36 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2022.
How do Kiribati and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Kiribati ranks 153rd and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 154th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.