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Benin vs Cameroon: Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Benin
60.28 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Cameroon
63.42 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Benin rank
104th
Cameroon rank
103rd

Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time

  • Benin
  • Cameroon
-200.0M0200.0M400.0M600.0M197319982024

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 63.42 million BoP, current US$ against 60.28 million BoP, current US$ in Benin, a difference of 3.14 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Cameroon ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 104th and Cameroon ranks 103rd 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.