Chile vs Thailand: Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Chile

8.68 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Thailand

9.33 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Chile rank

28th

Thailand rank

27th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time

Chile
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 9.33 billion BoP, current US$ against 8.68 billion BoP, current US$ in Chile, a difference of 649.15 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Thailand ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 28th and Thailand ranks 27th 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: 06 August 2026

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.