Australia vs Cape Verde: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Australia
1,730 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Cape Verde
1,854 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Australia rank
77th
Cape Verde rank
76th

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

  • Australia
  • Cape Verde
-5.0k05.0k10.0k15.0k197019962023

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 1,854 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,730 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Australia, a difference of 124 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 77th and Cape Verde ranks 76th of 188 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Cape Verde in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Cape Verde Difference Ahead
1970s 36.67 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 36.67 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Australia
1980s 313.47 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 23.66 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 289.81 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Australia
1990s 361.64 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54.64 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 307 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Australia
2000s 1,333 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 49.91 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,283 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Australia
2010s 1,028 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,254 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,227 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Cape Verde
2020s 5,113 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,823 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,290 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Australia or Cape Verde?
Cape Verde, at 1,854 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,730 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Australia and Cape Verde?
124 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Cape Verde?
46 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do Australia and Cape Verde rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Australia ranks 77th and Cape Verde ranks 76th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.