Tonga vs Yemen: Foreign direct investment, net

Tonga
13.33 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Yemen
15.44 million BoP, current US$
in 2015
Tonga rank
38th
Yemen rank
37th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Tonga
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 15.44 million BoP, current US$ against 13.33 million BoP, current US$ in Tonga, a difference of 2.11 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.2 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Yemen ahead.

Globally, Tonga ranks 38th and Yemen ranks 37th 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.