Chile vs Egypt: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Chile

14.51 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Egypt

15.45 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Chile rank

30th

Egypt rank

29th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

Chile
Egypt

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 15.45 billion BoP, current US$ against 14.51 billion BoP, current US$ in Chile, a difference of 939.30 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 30th and Egypt ranks 29th 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.