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Lesotho vs Samoa: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Lesotho
-5.77 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Samoa
2.22 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Lesotho rank
178th
Samoa rank
175th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Lesotho
  • Samoa
-50.0M050.0M100.0M197019972025

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 2.22 million BoP, current US$ against -5.77 million BoP, current US$ in Lesotho, a difference of 7.99 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Samoa ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 178th and Samoa ranks 175th 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.