Australia vs Gabon: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit
Australia
-0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Gabon
-0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2019
Australia rank
175th
Gabon rank
174th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit over time
- Australia
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports -0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against -0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Australia, a difference of 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 175th and Gabon ranks 174th of 191 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Gabon in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0039 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Gabon |
| 1980s | 0.0116 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.0074 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0195 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0122 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Gabon |
| 2000s | 0.0163 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0055 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Australia or Gabon?
- Gabon, at -0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against -0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Australia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Australia and Gabon?
- 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Gabon?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.
- How do Australia and Gabon rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
- Australia ranks 175th and Gabon ranks 174th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.