Malawi vs East Timor: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Malawi

257.97 million BoP, current US$

in 2024

East Timor

253.24 million BoP, current US$

in 2025

Malawi rank

135th

East Timor rank

137th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

Malawi
East Timor

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 257.97 million BoP, current US$ against 253.24 million BoP, current US$ in East Timor, a difference of 4.74 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 135th and East Timor ranks 137th of 201 countries.

Individual pages

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.