Sri Lanka vs Viet Nam: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Sri Lanka
5.03 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Viet Nam
5.94 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka rank
113th
Viet Nam rank
111th

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

  • Sri Lanka
  • Viet Nam
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How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 5.94 BoP, current US$ per person against 5.03 BoP, current US$ per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.91 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 113th and Viet Nam ranks 111th of 192 countries.

Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Viet Nam Difference Ahead
2000s 2 BoP, current US$ per person 3.13 BoP, current US$ per person 1.14 BoP, current US$ per person Viet Nam
2010s 3.8 BoP, current US$ per person 10.73 BoP, current US$ per person 6.93 BoP, current US$ per person Viet Nam
2020s 1.9 BoP, current US$ per person 4.88 BoP, current US$ per person 2.98 BoP, current US$ per person Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Sri Lanka or Viet Nam?
Viet Nam, at 5.94 BoP, current US$ per person against 5.03 BoP, current US$ per person in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?
0.91 BoP, current US$ per person, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Sri Lanka and Viet Nam rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Sri Lanka ranks 113th and Viet Nam ranks 111th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.