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Guinea-Bissau vs Vanuatu: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Guinea-Bissau
26.65 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Vanuatu
28.86 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
168th
Vanuatu rank
166th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Vanuatu
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M197119972024

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 28.86 million BoP, current US$ against 26.65 million BoP, current US$ in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 2.21 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Globally, Guinea-Bissau ranks 168th and Vanuatu ranks 166th 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.