Liberia vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit

Liberia
0.0157 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Liberia rank
36th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
34th

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

  • Liberia
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
-2-1012197019972025

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 0.0157 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0149 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Liberia's figure about 18.7 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Liberia ranks 36th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 191 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 5 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Liberia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 0.0977 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0976 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Liberia
1990s 0.2461 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2456 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Liberia
2000s 0.2494 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0027 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2468 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Liberia
2010s 0.1387 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1368 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Liberia
2020s 0.0163 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0154 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Liberia or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Liberia, at 0.0157 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Liberia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0149 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Liberia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Liberia ranks 36th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Liberia vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/liberia/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/liberia/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/">Liberia vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.