Bahrain vs Malaysia: Foreign direct investment, net

Bahrain
-2.43 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Malaysia
-2.55 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Bahrain rank
150th
Malaysia rank
152nd

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Bahrain
  • Malaysia
-5.0B05.0B10.0B197419992024

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports -2.43 billion BoP, current US$ against -2.55 billion BoP, current US$ in Malaysia, a difference of 127.06 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Bahrain ahead.

Globally, Bahrain ranks 150th and Malaysia ranks 152nd 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.