Guinea-Bissau vs Mauritania: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Guinea-Bissau
0.1767 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Mauritania
0.7539 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
146th
Mauritania rank
143rd

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

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Mauritania
-200-150-100-500197519992024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.7539 BoP, current US$ per person against 0.1767 BoP, current US$ per person in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.5772 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 4.3 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Mauritania ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 146th and Mauritania ranks 143rd of 192 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Mauritania Difference Ahead
1980s 0 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1773 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1773 BoP, current US$ per person Mauritania
1990s 0.8547 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0829 BoP, current US$ per person 0.7718 BoP, current US$ per person Guinea-Bissau
2000s -0.3817 BoP, current US$ per person 0.3437 BoP, current US$ per person 0.7254 BoP, current US$ per person Mauritania
2010s 0.1455 BoP, current US$ per person -26.87 BoP, current US$ per person 27.02 BoP, current US$ per person Guinea-Bissau
2020s 0.2377 BoP, current US$ per person 0.91 BoP, current US$ per person 0.6723 BoP, current US$ per person Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Guinea-Bissau or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 0.7539 BoP, current US$ per person against 0.1767 BoP, current US$ per person in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania?
0.5772 BoP, current US$ per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania?
27 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 146th and Mauritania ranks 143rd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.