How does Upper middle income rank for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?

Upper middle income ranks 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.

Is foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit rising or falling in Upper middle income?

Over the last ten years it is down 42.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Upper middle income

Name: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Upper middle income
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Upper middle income: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit was 0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 22.4%

Rank

20th

of 47 groups

All-time high

0.0134 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2016

All-time low

0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1971

Years of data

1970–2025

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Upper middle income, 1970–2025

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

Analysis

Upper middle income recorded 0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.4% on the previous year and down 42.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Upper middle income peaked at 0.0134 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1971.

That places Upper middle income 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Upper middle income, year by year

Annual values for Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP in Upper middle income, 1970 to 2025.
Year	BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-22.6%
1972	0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+22.8%
1973	0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+48.4%
1974	0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+57.0%
1975	0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+43.6%
1976	0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.0%
1977	0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.6%
1978	0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.6%
1979	0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-55.2%
1980	0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+489.8%
1981	0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.3%
1982	0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-26.2%
1983	0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.0%
1984	0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.8%
1985	0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+58.4%
1986	0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.1%
1987	0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+19.7%
1988	0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.6%
1989	0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+32.7%
1990	0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.5%
1991	0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+41.1%
1992	0.0035 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+173.8%
1993	0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-24.9%
1994	0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+21.8%
1995	0.0033 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.3%
1996	0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.6%
1997	0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+31.9%
1998	0.0035 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.1%
1999	0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.9%
2000	0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-30.9%
2001	0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.8%
2002	0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.7%
2003	0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+91.5%
2004	0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+68.5%
2005	0.0062 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.1%
2006	0.0109 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+74.8%
2007	0.0093 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.4%
2008	0.0106 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.8%
2009	0.0069 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-34.8%
2010	0.0102 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+48.4%
2011	0.0076 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.6%
2012	0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.5%
2013	0.0085 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.9%
2014	0.0102 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+20.5%
2015	0.0118 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.4%
2016	0.0134 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.6%
2017	0.0092 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-31.6%
2018	0.0084 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.9%
2019	0.0083 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.2%
2020	0.0081 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
2021	0.0089 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.7%
2022	0.0102 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.7%
2023	0.0097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.3%
2024	0.0088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.6%
2025	0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-22.4%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0109 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0096 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0076 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0134 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0102 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Upper middle income

17 Papua New Guinea 0.025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
18 Canada 0.0246 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
19 Spain 0.0243 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
20 Chile 0.0243 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
21 Switzerland 0.0243 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
22 France 0.0238 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
23 Israel 0.0237 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

More economy & growth data for Upper middle income

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 228.01 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
GDP (current US$), per capita 10,890 current US$ per person (2025)
Services, value added (current US$), per capita 6,201 current US$ per person (2025)
Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.65 % change on previous year (2025)
Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5284 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,754 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 4.63 % change on previous year (2025)
GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9359 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 10,192 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Upper middle income?: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Upper middle income was 0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Upper middle income?: The highest recorded value was 0.0134 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2016.
What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Upper middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1971.
How does Upper middle income rank for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?: Upper middle income ranks 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
Is foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit rising or falling in Upper middle income?: Over the last ten years it is down 42.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Upper middle income data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (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: 238 places, 9,843 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 11 September 2026

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (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.