Cameroon vs Gabon: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per
Cameroon
-168.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Gabon
-131.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2019
Cameroon rank
162nd
Gabon rank
160th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per over time
- Cameroon
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports -131.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -168.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Cameroon, a difference of 37.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 162nd and Gabon ranks 160th of 188 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.56 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 45.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 35.54 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Gabon |
| 1980s | 21.91 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 25.26 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 3.35 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Gabon |
| 1990s | 20.06 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 386.42 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 366.36 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Gabon |
| 2000s | -57.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 195.12 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 252.14 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Gabon |
| 2010s | 107.68 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 741.67 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 633.98 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Cameroon or Gabon?
- Gabon, at -131.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -168.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Cameroon as of 2019.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Cameroon and Gabon?
- 37.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Gabon?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.
- How do Cameroon and Gabon rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
- Cameroon ranks 162nd and Gabon ranks 160th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.