Ecuador vs Nicaragua: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Ecuador

1.30 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Nicaragua

1.35 billion BoP, current US$

in 2024

Ecuador rank

89th

Nicaragua rank

88th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

Ecuador
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 1.35 billion BoP, current US$ against 1.30 billion BoP, current US$ in Ecuador, a difference of 53.07 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Ecuador ahead.

Globally, Ecuador ranks 89th and Nicaragua ranks 88th 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.