Nauru vs Netherlands: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) … unit

Nauru
-0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Netherlands
-0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Nauru rank
180th
Netherlands rank
178th

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

  • Nauru
  • Netherlands
-0.500.5197019972024

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports -0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against -0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nauru, a difference of 0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Netherlands ahead.

Nauru ranks 180th and Netherlands ranks 178th of 191 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 1 and Netherlands in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nauru Netherlands Difference Ahead
2000s 0.076 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3157 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2397 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Netherlands
2010s -0.0183 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.249 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2673 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Netherlands
2020s 0.0244 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP -0.0703 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0947 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit, Nauru or Netherlands?
Netherlands, at -0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against -0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nauru as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit between Nauru and Netherlands?
0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Netherlands?
17 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2024.
How do Nauru and Netherlands rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
Nauru ranks 180th and Netherlands ranks 178th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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.