Ireland vs Post-demographic dividend: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Ireland
12,444 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Post-demographic dividend
1,006 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Ireland rank
5th
Post-demographic dividend rank
2nd

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

  • Ireland
  • Post-demographic dividend
-20.0k020.0k40.0k197019972025

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 12,444 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,006 BoP, current US$ per person in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 11,438 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Ireland's figure about 12.4 times Post-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.

Ireland ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 2nd of 192 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 3 and Post-demographic dividend in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1980s 224.8 BoP, current US$ per person 193.79 BoP, current US$ per person 31.01 BoP, current US$ per person Ireland
1990s 371.47 BoP, current US$ per person 438.27 BoP, current US$ per person 66.8 BoP, current US$ per person Post-demographic dividend
2000s 8,071 BoP, current US$ per person 1,306 BoP, current US$ per person 6,765 BoP, current US$ per person Ireland
2010s 9,830 BoP, current US$ per person 1,245 BoP, current US$ per person 8,585 BoP, current US$ per person Ireland
2020s -923.53 BoP, current US$ per person 1,158 BoP, current US$ per person 2,082 BoP, current US$ per person Post-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Ireland or Post-demographic dividend?
Ireland, at 12,444 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,006 BoP, current US$ per person in Post-demographic dividend as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Ireland and Post-demographic dividend?
11,438 BoP, current US$ per person, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Post-demographic dividend?
38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Ireland and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Ireland ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 2nd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.