Japan vs United Kingdom: Portfolio equity, net inflows

Japan

57.42 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

United Kingdom

46.26 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Japan rank

4th

United Kingdom rank

5th

Portfolio equity, net inflows over time

Japan
United Kingdom

How they compare

Japan currently reports 57.42 billion BoP, current US$ against 46.26 billion BoP, current US$ in United Kingdom, a difference of 11.17 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 4th and United Kingdom ranks 5th of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Unit: BoP, current US$
Source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 8,931 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.