Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square in Curaçao
Curaçao: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square was 307,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square in Curaçao, 2011–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square in Curaçao stood at 307,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.2% on the previous year and up 9,156.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square in Curaçao peaked at 457,725 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, -3,397 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, in 2013.
That places Curaçao 20th out of 200 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square in Curaçao, year by year
| Year | BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 158,789 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2012 | 156,987 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2013 | -3,397 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -102.2% |
| 2014 | 156,072 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -4694.1% |
| 2015 | 329,811 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +111.3% |
| 2016 | 299,739 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 388,923 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +29.8% |
| 2018 | 285,867 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -26.5% |
| 2019 | 457,725 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +60.1% |
| 2020 | 350,773 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -23.4% |
| 2021 | 384,939 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 395,534 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 307,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -22.2% |
Curaçao compared with similar countries
- Curaçao's 307,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 45,850 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, 6.7× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Curaçao's 307,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,828 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, 14.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square in Curaçao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +4694.1% | -3,397 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 156,072 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 247,835 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -3,397 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 457,725 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2020s | 359,728 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 307,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 395,534 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Curaçao
- 17 United Arab Emirates 432,097 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 18 Mauritius 380,495 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 19 Saint Lucia 332,911 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 21 Germany 260,092 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 22 Denmark 205,830 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 23 Korea 195,106 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Curaçao
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 12,092 current US$ per person (2018)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per capita 6,510 current US$ per person (2018)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 19.03 % change on previous year (2018)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 21,645 current LCU per person (2018)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.13 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.52 % change on previous year (2018)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.28 % change on previous year (2018)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2.31 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 44,071 current LCU per person (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square in Curaçao?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square in Curaçao was 307,664 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square recorded in Curaçao?
- The highest recorded value was 457,725 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square recorded in Curaçao?
- The lowest recorded value was -3,397 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2013.
- How does Curaçao rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square?
- Curaçao ranks 20th out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per square rising or falling in Curaçao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9,156.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curaçao data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and D
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.