Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Spain: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1,814 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Spain
101,254 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
24th
Spain rank
27th

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

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Spain
0100.0k200.0k300.0k197019962023

How they compare

Spain currently reports 101,254 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,814 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 99,440 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Spain's figure about 55.8 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Spain ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th and Spain ranks 27th of 47 groups.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 5.13 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 191.08 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 185.95 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Spain
1980s 23.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,134 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,111 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Spain
1990s 199.54 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 22,469 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 22,270 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Spain
2000s 850.2 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 121,792 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 120,942 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Spain
2010s 1,853 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 82,319 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 80,466 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Spain
2020s 1,707 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 113,493 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 111,786 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Spain?
Spain, at 101,254 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,814 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
99,440 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th and Spain ranks 27th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.