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Cameroon vs Laos: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Cameroon
888.22 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Laos
988.46 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Cameroon rank
101st
Laos rank
98th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Cameroon
  • Laos
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 988.46 million BoP, current US$ against 888.22 million BoP, current US$ in Cameroon, a difference of 100.24 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cameroon ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 101st and Laos ranks 98th 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.