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Barbados vs Saint Lucia: Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Barbados
18.57 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Saint Lucia
18.67 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Barbados rank
125th
Saint Lucia rank
124th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time

  • Barbados
  • Saint Lucia
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How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 18.67 million BoP, current US$ against 18.57 million BoP, current US$ in Barbados, a difference of 99,500 BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Barbados ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 125th and Saint Lucia ranks 124th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (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
238 places, 10,019 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an 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. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.