What is the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de?

The highest recorded value was 0.0723 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1997.

What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de?

The lowest recorded value was -0.0283 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1976.

How does Venezuela, República Bolivariana de rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?

Venezuela, República Bolivariana de ranks 135th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.

Is foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit rising or falling in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de?

Over the last ten years it is up 156.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) … unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de

Name: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) … unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Venezuela, República Bolivariana de: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) … unit was 0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 10,563.8%

World rank

135th

of 200 countries

All-time high

0.0723 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1997

All-time low

-0.0283 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1976

Years of data

1970–2024

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de, 1970–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2024, foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de stood at 0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 10,563.8% on the previous year and up 156.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de peaked at 0.0723 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1997 and was at its lowest, -0.0283 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1976.

Venezuela, República Bolivariana de ranks 135th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) … unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de, year by year

Annual values for Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de, 1970 to 2024.
Year	BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	-0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0162 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-916.7%
1972	-0.0269 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-265.6%
1973	-0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-81.7%
1974	-0.0165 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+234.1%
1975	0.0152 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-192.4%
1976	-0.0283 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-285.9%
1977	-0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-99.7%
1978	0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2156.9%
1979	0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.9%
1980	0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-48.9%
1981	0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+198.2%
1982	0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+36.8%
1983	0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-66.4%
1984	0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-76.4%
1985	0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+265.0%
1986	0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-75.9%
1987	0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+65.4%
1988	0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+238.0%
1989	0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+231.1%
1990	0.0093 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+89.7%
1991	0.0358 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+286.3%
1992	0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-71.0%
1993	0.0062 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-40.5%
1994	0.0137 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+121.3%
1995	0.0129 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.1%
1996	0.0309 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+140.4%
1997	0.0723 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+133.5%
1998	0.055 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-23.9%
1999	0.0299 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-45.6%
2000	0.0401 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+34.1%
2001	0.0301 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-24.9%
2002	0.0082 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-72.8%
2003	0.0188 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+129.6%
2004	0.0132 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-29.6%
2005	0.0168 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+27.2%
2006	0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-93.6%
2007	0.0189 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1653.0%
2008	0.0066 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-65.2%
2009	-0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-152.3%
2010	0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-216.8%
2011	0.0185 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+359.5%
2012	0.0134 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.5%
2013	0.0083 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-38.1%
2014	0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-36.3%
2015	0.0236 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+346.7%
2016	0.0141 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-40.5%
2017	-0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-118.4%
2018	0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-336.4%
2019	0.0077 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+26.7%
2020	0.0351 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+354.5%
2021	0.0214 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-39.0%
2022	0.0264 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+23.2%
2023	0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-99.5%
2024	0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+10563.9%

Venezuela, República Bolivariana de compared with similar countries

Venezuela, República Bolivariana de's 0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0163 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 83% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Venezuela, República Bolivariana de's 0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0252 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 54% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) … unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 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
2024	+10563.9%	0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
1978	+2156.9%	-0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
2007	+1653.0%	0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0189 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
1971	+916.7%	-0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0162 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	-0.0044 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.0283 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0162 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0276 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0062 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0723 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0151 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0401 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0236 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0193 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0351 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Venezuela, República Bolivariana de

132 Nigeria 0.0138 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
133 Sudan 0.0137 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
134 New Zealand 0.0137 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
136 Slovak Republic 0.0133 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
137 Uruguay 0.0131 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
138 United States 0.013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 247 places →

More economy & growth data for Venezuela, República Bolivariana de

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2025)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.19 Percent per annum (2025)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2025)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0458 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 159.96 units per person (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -2.29 % change on previous year (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0334 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 116.8 units per person (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0477 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

All data for Venezuela, República Bolivariana de →

Frequently asked questions

What is foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de?: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de was 0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de?: The highest recorded value was 0.0723 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1997.
What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de?: The lowest recorded value was -0.0283 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1976.
How does Venezuela, República Bolivariana de rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit?: Venezuela, República Bolivariana de ranks 135th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
Is foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per unit rising or falling in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de?: Over the last ten years it is up 156.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Venezuela, República Bolivariana de data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 27 October 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/venezuela-rb/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/venezuela-rb/">Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (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.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

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
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

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

Indicator: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (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: 247 places, 11,888 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 11 September 2026

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (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.