Papua New Guinea vs Uruguay: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps

Papua New Guinea
769.57 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Uruguay
661.04 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
57th
Uruguay rank
59th

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

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Uruguay
-10.0B-5.0B05.0B197620002025

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 769.57 million BoP, current US$ against 661.04 million BoP, current US$ in Uruguay, a difference of 108.53 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 22 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 57th and Uruguay ranks 59th of 192 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 4.05 million BoP, current US$ 0 BoP, current US$ 4.05 million BoP, current US$ Papua New Guinea
1980s 746,224 BoP, current US$ 1.45 million BoP, current US$ 703,776 BoP, current US$ Uruguay
1990s -2.49 million BoP, current US$ 3.27 million BoP, current US$ 5.76 million BoP, current US$ Uruguay
2000s 30.24 million BoP, current US$ 31.78 million BoP, current US$ 1.55 million BoP, current US$ Uruguay
2010s 292.54 million BoP, current US$ 1.44 billion BoP, current US$ 1.15 billion BoP, current US$ Uruguay
2020s 1.23 billion BoP, current US$ -252.14 million BoP, current US$ 1.48 billion BoP, current US$ Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps, Papua New Guinea or Uruguay?
Papua New Guinea, at 769.57 million BoP, current US$ against 661.04 million BoP, current US$ in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps between Papua New Guinea and Uruguay?
108.53 million BoP, current US$, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Uruguay?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Uruguay rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), gaps?
Papua New Guinea ranks 57th and Uruguay ranks 59th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.