Burkina Faso vs Malawi: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Burkina Faso
2.42 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Malawi
2.61 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
130th
Malawi rank
127th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2.61 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.42 BoP, current US$ per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.19 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 130th and Malawi ranks 127th of 192 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 4 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0759 BoP, current US$ per person | 0 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.0759 BoP, current US$ per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 0.0174 BoP, current US$ per person | 0 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.0174 BoP, current US$ per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 0.1606 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.1992 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.0386 BoP, current US$ per person | Malawi |
| 2000s | -2.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.3443 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.6 BoP, current US$ per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 2.55 BoP, current US$ per person | -0.3123 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.86 BoP, current US$ per person | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 0.6266 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.2079 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.4186 BoP, current US$ per person | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Burkina Faso or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 2.61 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.42 BoP, current US$ per person in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Burkina Faso and Malawi?
- 0.19 BoP, current US$ per person, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Malawi?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Malawi rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 130th and Malawi ranks 127th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.