Botswana vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Botswana
-5.58 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Samoa
-0.1536 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Botswana rank
154th
Samoa rank
151st

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

  • Botswana
  • Samoa
-2.0k02.0k4.0k6.0k197519992023

How they compare

Samoa currently reports -0.1536 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -5.58 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Botswana, a difference of 5.43 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 154th and Samoa ranks 151st of 188 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Samoa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1397 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0.1397 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Botswana
1980s 0.3813 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0.3813 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Botswana
2000s 103.01 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -405.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 508.63 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Botswana
2010s 119.32 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,569 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,449 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
2020s -41.55 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 194.48 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 236.03 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Botswana or Samoa?
Samoa, at -0.1536 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -5.58 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Botswana and Samoa?
5.43 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Samoa?
29 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Samoa rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Botswana ranks 154th and Samoa ranks 151st of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.