Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Other investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP

Costa Rica
0.169 US dollar per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Jamaica
0.1698 US dollar per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
98th
Jamaica rank
95th

Other investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.1698 US dollar per US$ of GDP against 0.169 US dollar per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0008 US dollar per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 98th and Jamaica ranks 95th of 169 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Jamaica Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1336 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.0819 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.0517 US dollar per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2010s 0.1724 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.1282 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.0442 US dollar per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2020s 0.2057 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.1614 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.0443 US dollar per US$ of GDP Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher other investment (assets, positions, us dollar), per unit of gdp, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 0.1698 US dollar per US$ of GDP against 0.169 US dollar per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in other investment (assets, positions, us dollar), per unit of gdp between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
0.0008 US dollar per US$ of GDP, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
21 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for other investment (assets, positions, us dollar), per unit of gdp?
Costa Rica ranks 98th and Jamaica ranks 95th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Other investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Other investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP
Unit
US dollar per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
169 places, 4,354 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Other investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.