Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Trinidad and Tobago: 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
Trinidad and Tobago
103,447 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
24th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
23rd

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

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

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 103,447 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 101,633 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 57.0 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 23rd of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Trinidad and Tobago in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Trinidad and Tobago Difference Ahead
1970s 8.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 8.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 23.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 403.33 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 379.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
1990s 352.54 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16,056 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 15,703 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
2000s 862.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 42,088 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 41,225 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
2010s 1,737 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 12,380 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 10,643 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
2020s 1,707 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 134,123 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 132,417 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago, at 103,447 BoP, current US$ 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$), per between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Trinidad and Tobago?
101,633 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Trinidad and Tobago?
40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 23rd of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.