El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled

El Salvador
29.49 million USD
in 2023
Nicaragua
30.77 million USD
in 2023
El Salvador rank
115th
Nicaragua rank
112th

Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
-1000100200199920112023

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 30.77 million USD against 29.49 million USD in El Salvador, a difference of 1.28 million USD.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2006 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 115th and Nicaragua ranks 112th of 184 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 -47.65 million USD 6.52 million USD 54.18 million USD Nicaragua
2010s -0.3272 million USD 63.93 million USD 64.26 million USD Nicaragua
2020s 23.18 million USD 26.04 million USD 2.85 million USD Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 30.77 million USD against 29.49 million USD in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
1.28 million USD, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
18 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled?
El Salvador ranks 115th and Nicaragua ranks 112th of 184 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled
Unit
million USD
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 6,172 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Total FDI outflows — Value US$ with 95 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.