Barbados vs East Timor: Foreign direct investment, net

Barbados
-207.83 million BoP, current US$
in 2017
East Timor
-253.24 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Barbados rank
84th
East Timor rank
87th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Barbados
  • East Timor
-750.0M-500.0M-250.0M0250.0M196719962025

How they compare

Barbados currently reports -207.83 million BoP, current US$ against -253.24 million BoP, current US$ in East Timor, a difference of 45.41 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2006 it was East Timor ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 84th and East Timor ranks 87th 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.