El Salvador vs Eswatini: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

El Salvador
-1,459 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Eswatini
-1,275 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
168th
Eswatini rank
167th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Eswatini
-20.0k-10.0k010.0k20.0k197419982023

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports -1,275 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -1,459 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 184 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 168th and Eswatini ranks 167th of 188 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Eswatini in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Eswatini Difference Ahead
1990s 1,472 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 197.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,274 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 1,157 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 86.77 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,070 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s -1,262 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 347.97 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,610 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Eswatini
2020s 8,007 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 37.7 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 7,969 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, El Salvador or Eswatini?
Eswatini, at -1,275 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -1,459 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between El Salvador and Eswatini?
184 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Eswatini?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Eswatini rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
El Salvador ranks 168th and Eswatini ranks 167th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.