Jamaica vs Suriname: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Jamaica
-359.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Suriname
-136.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Jamaica rank
163rd
Suriname rank
161st

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

  • Jamaica
  • Suriname
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k197019962023

How they compare

Suriname currently reports -136.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -359.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Jamaica, a difference of 222.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Jamaica ahead.

Jamaica ranks 163rd and Suriname ranks 161st of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Suriname Difference Ahead
2010s 10,778 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -142.25 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 10,920 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Jamaica
2020s 2,753 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -37.33 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,790 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Jamaica or Suriname?
Suriname, at -136.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -359.09 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Jamaica and Suriname?
222.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Suriname?
13 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2023.
How do Jamaica and Suriname rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Jamaica ranks 163rd and Suriname ranks 161st of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Jamaica vs Suriname: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/jamaica/suriname/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/jamaica/suriname/">Jamaica vs Suriname: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.