El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices over time
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 26.55 million USD against 23.94 million USD in El Salvador, a difference of 2.61 million USD.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2006 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 105th and Nicaragua ranks 103rd of 167 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -57.24 million USD | 22.84 million USD | 80.08 million USD | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | -0.3821 million USD | 66.14 million USD | 66.52 million USD | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 20.01 million USD | 24.85 million USD | 4.84 million USD | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 26.55 million USD against 23.94 million USD in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 2.61 million USD, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices?
- El Salvador ranks 105th and Nicaragua ranks 103rd of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
FDI is an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of the voting stock) in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy. FDI may be undertaken by individuals, as well as business entities. The foreign direct investor most often is aiming to gain access to natural resources, to markets, to labour supply, to technology, to ensure security of supplies or to control the quality of a certain product. FDI can be decomposed into two types of investments: mergers and acquisitions (MA) and greenfield investments. The latter type results in the creation of new entities and the setting up of offices, buildings, plants or factories from scratch in a foreign economy. FDI is the sum of equity capital, reinvested earnings and other FDI capital. Equity capital comprises equity in branches, all shares in subsidiaries and associates (except non-participating, preferred shares that are treated as debt securities and are included under other FDI capital) and other contributions such as the provision of machinery. Reinvested earnings consist of the direct investor's share (in proportion to equity participation) of earnings not distributed by the direct investment enterprise. Other FDI capital (loans) includes the borrowing and lending of funds, including debt securities and trade credits between direct investors and direct investment enterprises. FDI inflows and outflows are important for tracking the direct investment conditions each year. Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions from the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises resident abroad. Whereas, Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions received by the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises of a specific industry resident in the reporting economy.