Aruba vs Low & middle income: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Aruba
304,867 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Low & middle income
4,090 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Aruba rank
16th
Low & middle income rank
17th

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

  • Aruba
  • Low & middle income
01.0M2.0M3.0M197019962023

How they compare

Aruba currently reports 304,867 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,090 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Low & middle income, a difference of 300,777 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Aruba's figure about 74.5 times Low & middle income's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Low & middle income ahead.

Aruba ranks 16th and Low & middle income ranks 17th of 188 countries.

Aruba has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Aruba Low & middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 3,802 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 30.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,771 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Aruba
1990s 396,986 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 149.97 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 396,836 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Aruba
2000s 1,981 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 850.29 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,130 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Aruba
2010s 114,479 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,791 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 111,687 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Aruba
2020s 268,777 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,649 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 265,128 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Aruba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Aruba or Low & middle income?
Aruba, at 304,867 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,090 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Low & middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Aruba and Low & middle income?
300,777 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Aruba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Low & middle income?
38 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2023.
How do Aruba and Low & middle income rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Aruba ranks 16th and Low & middle income ranks 17th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. 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

Aruba vs Low & middle income: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/aruba/low-and-middle-income/

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-square-kilometre/aruba/low-and-middle-income/">Aruba vs Low & middle income: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
235 places, 9,589 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.