Lesotho vs Tonga: Foreign direct investment, net

Lesotho
5.77 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Tonga
13.33 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Lesotho rank
40th
Tonga rank
38th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Lesotho
  • Tonga
-100.0M-50.0M050.0M198020022025

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 13.33 million BoP, current US$ against 5.77 million BoP, current US$ in Lesotho, a difference of 7.56 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Tonga's figure about 2.3 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Tonga ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 40th and Tonga ranks 38th 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.