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Qatar vs Zambia: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Qatar
3.03 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Zambia
2.36 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Qatar rank
61st
Zambia rank
64th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Qatar
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 3.03 billion BoP, current US$ against 2.36 billion BoP, current US$ in Zambia, a difference of 673.61 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.3 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Qatar ranks 61st and Zambia ranks 64th 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.