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Nepal vs Palau: Foreign direct investment, net

Nepal
-56.90 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Palau
-79.89 million BoP, current US$
in 2023
Nepal rank
67th
Palau rank
70th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Nepal
  • Palau
-200.0M-150.0M-100.0M-50.0M0199620102024

How they compare

Nepal currently reports -56.90 million BoP, current US$ against -79.89 million BoP, current US$ in Palau, a difference of 22.99 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Nepal ahead.

Globally, Nepal ranks 67th and Palau ranks 70th 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.