Democratic Republic of Congo vs Paraguay: Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Democratic Republic of Congo
197.81 million BoP, current US$
in 2024
Paraguay
235.57 million BoP, current US$
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
80th
Paraguay rank
78th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 235.57 million BoP, current US$ against 197.81 million BoP, current US$ in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 37.76 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 80th and Paraguay ranks 78th 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.