Botswana vs Mauritania: Foreign direct investment, net outflows
Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time
- Botswana
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 3.90 million BoP, current US$ against 3.02 million BoP, current US$ in Botswana, a difference of 878,940 BoP, current US$.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Mauritania ahead.
Globally, Botswana ranks 140th and Mauritania ranks 137th of 191 countries.
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About this data
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.