Suriname vs Zambia: Foreign direct investment, net

Suriname

-2.04 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Zambia

-2.05 billion BoP, current US$

in 2024

Suriname rank

148th

Zambia rank

149th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

Suriname
Zambia

How they compare

Suriname currently reports -2.04 billion BoP, current US$ against -2.05 billion BoP, current US$ in Zambia, a difference of 9.36 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Suriname ahead.

Globally, Suriname ranks 148th and Zambia ranks 149th 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.