Barbados vs Jamaica: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Barbados

303.06 million BoP, current US$

in 2024

Jamaica

305.08 million BoP, current US$

in 2024

Barbados rank

132nd

Jamaica rank

131st

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

Barbados
Jamaica

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 305.08 million BoP, current US$ against 303.06 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados, a difference of 2.02 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Jamaica ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 132nd and Jamaica ranks 131st of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Unit: BoP, current US$
Source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and D
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 12,232 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. 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 ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.