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

Luxembourg
1.16 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Malta
1.46 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Luxembourg rank
2nd
Malta rank
1st

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

  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
-2024197119972024

How they compare

Malta currently reports 1.46 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.16 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.3 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.3 times Luxembourg's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 2nd and Malta ranks 1st of 191 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Malta Difference Ahead
2000s 0.3544 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9715 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.6172 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Malta
2010s 0.5287 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.509 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0197 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Luxembourg
2020s 0.2306 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.77 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Luxembourg or Malta?
Malta, at 1.46 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.16 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Luxembourg as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Luxembourg and Malta?
0.3 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Malta?
23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
How do Luxembourg and Malta rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Luxembourg ranks 2nd and Malta ranks 1st of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.