El Salvador vs Honduras: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
El Salvador
50 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Honduras
53.3 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
77th
Honduras rank
74th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 53.3 BoP, current US$ per person against 50 BoP, current US$ per person in El Salvador, a difference of 3.3 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 77th and Honduras ranks 74th of 192 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Honduras in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.17 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.5483 BoP, current US$ per person | 4.62 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 3.98 BoP, current US$ per person | 3.99 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.0099 BoP, current US$ per person | Honduras |
| 2010s | -4.15 BoP, current US$ per person | 19.75 BoP, current US$ per person | 23.9 BoP, current US$ per person | Honduras |
| 2020s | 34.21 BoP, current US$ per person | 6.8 BoP, current US$ per person | 27.41 BoP, current US$ per person | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, El Salvador or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 53.3 BoP, current US$ per person against 50 BoP, current US$ per person in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between El Salvador and Honduras?
- 3.3 BoP, current US$ per person, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Honduras?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Honduras rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 77th and Honduras ranks 74th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.