Low income vs Qatar: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Low income
3.90 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Qatar
3.34 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Low income rank
40th
Qatar rank
37th

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

  • Low income
  • Qatar
02.5B5.0B7.5B10.0B197419992025

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 3.34 billion BoP, current US$ against 3.90 million BoP, current US$ in Low income, a difference of 3.34 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Qatar's figure about 857.2 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Low income ahead.

Low income ranks 40th and Qatar ranks 37th of 47 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 2 and Qatar in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Low income Qatar Difference Ahead
1980s 92.89 million BoP, current US$ -666,235 BoP, current US$ 93.56 million BoP, current US$ Low income
1990s 62.67 million BoP, current US$ 10.10 million BoP, current US$ 52.57 million BoP, current US$ Low income
2000s 285.06 million BoP, current US$ 1.31 billion BoP, current US$ 1.02 billion BoP, current US$ Qatar
2010s 891.58 million BoP, current US$ 5.02 billion BoP, current US$ 4.13 billion BoP, current US$ Qatar
2020s 635.68 million BoP, current US$ 1.66 billion BoP, current US$ 1.03 billion BoP, current US$ Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Low income or Qatar?
Qatar, at 3.34 billion BoP, current US$ against 3.90 million BoP, current US$ in Low income as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Low income and Qatar?
3.34 billion BoP, current US$, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Qatar?
46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
How do Low income and Qatar rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Low income ranks 40th and Qatar ranks 37th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.