Barbados vs Gambia: Foreign direct investment, net

Barbados

-207.83 million BoP, current US$

in 2017

Gambia

-232.36 million BoP, current US$

in 2024

Barbados rank

84th

Gambia rank

85th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

Barbados
Gambia

How they compare

Barbados currently reports -207.83 million BoP, current US$ against -232.36 million BoP, current US$ in Gambia, a difference of 24.53 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Gambia ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 84th and Gambia ranks 85th 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: 06 August 2026

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.