Barbados vs Curaçao: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Barbados
18,605 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Curaçao
16,363 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
46th
Curaçao rank
48th

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

  • Barbados
  • Curaçao
-500.0k0500.0k1.0M1.5M197019962023

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 18,605 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 16,363 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Curaçao, a difference of 2,242 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Curaçao's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 46th and Curaçao ranks 48th of 188 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Curaçao Difference Ahead
2010s 231,619 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -14,630 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 246,249 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2020s 28,003 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 19,924 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 8,078 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Barbados or Curaçao?
Barbados, at 18,605 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 16,363 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Curaçao as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Barbados and Curaçao?
2,242 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Curaçao?
13 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Curaçao rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Barbados ranks 46th and Curaçao ranks 48th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.