Equatorial Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Equatorial Guinea
81.26 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
72.76 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
64th
Papua New Guinea rank
67th

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

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
-1000100200197620002024

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 81.26 BoP, current US$ per person against 72.76 BoP, current US$ per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 8.5 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 64th and Papua New Guinea ranks 67th of 192 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 0 BoP, current US$ per person -0.5706 BoP, current US$ per person 0.5706 BoP, current US$ per person Equatorial Guinea
2010s -5.56 BoP, current US$ per person 51.9 BoP, current US$ per person 57.46 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 54.63 BoP, current US$ per person 144 BoP, current US$ per person 89.37 BoP, current US$ per person 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$), per capita, Equatorial Guinea or Papua New Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 81.26 BoP, current US$ per person against 72.76 BoP, current US$ per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
8.5 BoP, current US$ per person, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
12 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 64th and Papua New Guinea ranks 67th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
239 places, 10,039 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

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.