Colombia vs Portugal: Foreign direct investment, net

Colombia
-7.31 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Portugal
-6.64 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Colombia rank
178th
Portugal rank
177th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Colombia
  • Portugal
-15.0B-10.0B-5.0B05.0B196819962025

How they compare

Portugal currently reports -6.64 billion BoP, current US$ against -7.31 billion BoP, current US$ in Colombia, a difference of 666.87 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Colombia ahead.

Globally, Colombia ranks 178th and Portugal ranks 177th 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.