Lower middle income vs Saudi Arabia: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Lower middle income
13.57 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
731.09 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
30th
Saudi Arabia rank
27th

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

  • Lower middle income
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 731.09 BoP, current US$ per person against 13.57 BoP, current US$ per person in Lower middle income, a difference of 717.52 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 53.9 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 30th and Saudi Arabia ranks 27th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0201 BoP, current US$ per person 0 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0201 BoP, current US$ per person Lower middle income
1980s 0.1526 BoP, current US$ per person 33.29 BoP, current US$ per person 33.14 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
1990s 0.5423 BoP, current US$ per person 4.22 BoP, current US$ per person 3.68 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
2000s 4.88 BoP, current US$ per person 45.57 BoP, current US$ per person 40.69 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
2010s 6.83 BoP, current US$ per person 270.29 BoP, current US$ per person 263.46 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia
2020s 8.77 BoP, current US$ per person 637.59 BoP, current US$ per person 628.81 BoP, current US$ per person Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Lower middle income or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 731.09 BoP, current US$ per person against 13.57 BoP, current US$ per person in Lower middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia?
717.52 BoP, current US$ per person, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia?
55 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2025.
How do Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Lower middle income ranks 30th and Saudi Arabia ranks 27th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.