Austria vs Kuwait: Foreign direct investment, net

Austria
5.61 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Kuwait
2.58 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Austria rank
20th
Kuwait rank
21st

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Austria
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Austria currently reports 5.61 billion BoP, current US$ against 2.58 billion BoP, current US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 3.04 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Austria's figure about 2.2 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Kuwait ahead.

Globally, Austria ranks 20th and Kuwait ranks 21st 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.