Afghanistan vs Aruba: Foreign direct investment, net

Afghanistan
24.26 million BoP, current US$
in 2020
Aruba
192.34 million BoP, current US$
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
34th
Aruba rank
32nd

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Aruba
-400.0M-200.0M0200.0M400.0M600.0M199020062023

How they compare

Aruba currently reports 192.34 million BoP, current US$ against 24.26 million BoP, current US$ in Afghanistan, a difference of 168.08 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Aruba's figure about 7.9 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Aruba ahead.

Globally, Afghanistan ranks 34th and Aruba ranks 32nd of 196 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,300 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.