Cape Verde vs Curacao: Foreign direct investment, net

Cape Verde

-129.99 million BoP, current US$

in 2025

Curacao

-129.34 million BoP, current US$

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

76th

Curacao rank

75th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

Cape Verde
Curacao

How they compare

Curacao currently reports -129.34 million BoP, current US$ against -129.99 million BoP, current US$ in Cape Verde, a difference of 655,000 BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Curacao ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 76th and Curacao ranks 75th 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.