Comoros vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net

Comoros

-5.35 million BoP, current US$

in 2023

Samoa

-1.83 million BoP, current US$

in 2025

Comoros rank

49th

Samoa rank

46th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

Comoros
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports -1.83 million BoP, current US$ against -5.35 million BoP, current US$ in Comoros, a difference of 3.53 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Comoros ahead.

Globally, Comoros ranks 49th and Samoa ranks 46th 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.