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Botswana vs Vanuatu: Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Botswana
3.02 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Vanuatu
2.79 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Botswana rank
140th
Vanuatu rank
141st

Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time

  • Botswana
  • Vanuatu
-100.0M0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M197519992024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 3.02 million BoP, current US$ against 2.79 million BoP, current US$ in Vanuatu, a difference of 232,390 BoP, current US$.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 140th and Vanuatu ranks 141st 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.