Jamaica vs Niger: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Jamaica
0.3763 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Niger
0.7667 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Jamaica rank
144th
Niger rank
142nd

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

  • Jamaica
  • Niger
050100150197019972024

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.7667 BoP, current US$ per person against 0.3763 BoP, current US$ per person in Jamaica, a difference of 0.3904 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Niger's figure about 2.0 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Jamaica ahead.

Jamaica ranks 144th and Niger ranks 142nd of 192 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Niger Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7032 BoP, current US$ per person -0.0269 BoP, current US$ per person 0.73 BoP, current US$ per person Jamaica
1980s 0 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0343 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0343 BoP, current US$ per person Niger
1990s 13.81 BoP, current US$ per person 0.7683 BoP, current US$ per person 13.04 BoP, current US$ per person Jamaica
2000s 14.77 BoP, current US$ per person -0.7708 BoP, current US$ per person 15.54 BoP, current US$ per person Jamaica
2010s 38 BoP, current US$ per person 0.6517 BoP, current US$ per person 37.35 BoP, current US$ per person Jamaica
2020s 8.48 BoP, current US$ per person 0.7392 BoP, current US$ per person 7.74 BoP, current US$ per person Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Jamaica or Niger?
Niger, at 0.7667 BoP, current US$ per person against 0.3763 BoP, current US$ per person in Jamaica as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Jamaica and Niger?
0.3904 BoP, current US$ per person, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Niger?
50 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Jamaica and Niger rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Jamaica ranks 144th and Niger ranks 142nd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Jamaica vs Niger: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-per-capita/jamaica/niger/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-per-capita/jamaica/niger/">Jamaica vs Niger: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.