Cape Verde vs Congo: Foreign direct investment, net outflows
Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time
- Cape Verde
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 25.39 million BoP, current US$ against 23.86 million BoP, current US$ in Cape Verde, a difference of 1.54 million BoP, current US$.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Congo ahead.
Globally, Cape Verde ranks 122nd and Congo ranks 120th 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.