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

Costa Rica
19,328 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Curaçao
16,363 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
45th
Curaçao rank
48th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Curaçao
-300.0k-200.0k-100.0k0100.0k197619992023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 19,328 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 16,363 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Curaçao, a difference of 2,965 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Curaçao's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 45th and Curaçao ranks 48th of 188 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Curaçao in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Curaçao Difference Ahead
2010s 9,383 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -14,630 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 24,013 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 14,161 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 19,924 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 5,763 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Curaçao

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Costa Rica or Curaçao?
Costa Rica, at 19,328 BoP, current US$ 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$), per between Costa Rica and Curaçao?
2,965 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Curaçao?
13 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Curaçao rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Costa Rica ranks 45th and Curaçao ranks 48th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.