British Virgin Islands vs Mexico: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

British Virgin Islands
53.60 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Mexico
43.09 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
British Virgin Islands rank
10th
Mexico rank
13th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • British Virgin Islands
  • Mexico
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How they compare

British Virgin Islands currently reports 53.60 billion BoP, current US$ against 43.09 billion BoP, current US$ in Mexico, a difference of 10.51 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes British Virgin Islands's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Mexico ahead.

Globally, British Virgin Islands ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 13th 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.