Kiribati vs Tuvalu: Foreign direct investment, net

Kiribati

-4.14 million BoP, current US$

in 2025

Tuvalu

-915,228 BoP, current US$

in 2021

Kiribati rank

48th

Tuvalu rank

45th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

Kiribati
Tuvalu

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports -915,228 BoP, current US$ against -4.14 million BoP, current US$ in Kiribati, a difference of 3.23 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Tuvalu ahead.

Globally, Kiribati ranks 48th and Tuvalu ranks 45th 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.