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Bhutan vs Kiribati: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Bhutan
2.82 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Kiribati
4.16 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Bhutan rank
174th
Kiribati rank
173rd

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Bhutan
  • Kiribati
-20.0M020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M197419992025

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 4.16 million BoP, current US$ against 2.82 million BoP, current US$ in Bhutan, a difference of 1.34 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.5 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bhutan ahead.

Globally, Bhutan ranks 174th and Kiribati ranks 173rd 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

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.