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

Guyana
0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Samoa
0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Guyana rank
140th
Samoa rank
139th

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

  • Guyana
  • Samoa
-0.02-0.0100.010.02197720012025

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Guyana, a difference of 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.3 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Samoa ahead.

Guyana ranks 140th and Samoa ranks 139th of 191 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Samoa Difference Ahead
1970s 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
1980s 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
2000s 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa
2010s 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0035 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa
2020s 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Guyana or Samoa?
Samoa, at 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Guyana as of 2025.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Guyana and Samoa?
0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Samoa?
19 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Guyana and Samoa rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Guyana ranks 140th and Samoa ranks 139th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
238 places, 9,843 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

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.