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Laos vs Paraguay: Foreign direct investment, net

Laos
-988.46 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Paraguay
-944.77 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Laos rank
125th
Paraguay rank
123rd

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Laos
  • Paraguay
-2.0B-1.5B-1.0B-500.0M0500.0M197520002025

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports -944.77 million BoP, current US$ against -988.46 million BoP, current US$ in Laos, a difference of 43.69 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Laos ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 125th and Paraguay ranks 123rd 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.