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Costa Rica vs Philippines: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Costa Rica
5.59 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Philippines
7.79 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
42nd
Philippines rank
40th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Philippines currently reports 7.79 billion BoP, current US$ against 5.59 billion BoP, current US$ in Costa Rica, a difference of 2.20 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Philippines's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.

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

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 42nd and Philippines ranks 40th 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.