Samoa vs Sierra Leone: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Samoa
-0.1536 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
-0.461 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2010
Samoa rank
151st
Sierra Leone rank
152nd

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

  • Samoa
  • Sierra Leone
-2.0k02.0k4.0k6.0k197720002023

How they compare

Samoa currently reports -0.1536 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -0.461 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.3074 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Samoa ranks 151st and Sierra Leone ranks 152nd of 188 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
1980s 0 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -0.3442 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0.3442 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
2000s 351.66 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -5.75 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 357.41 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Samoa or Sierra Leone?
Samoa, at -0.1536 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against -0.461 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Samoa and Sierra Leone?
0.3074 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sierra Leone?
14 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2009.
How do Samoa and Sierra Leone rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Samoa ranks 151st and Sierra Leone ranks 152nd of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.