Burundi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy

Burundi
3.35 million IMF-BoP, current US$
in 2011
Sao Tome and Principe
35.00 million IMF-BoP, current US$
in 2011
Burundi rank
38th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
36th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy over time

  • Burundi
  • Sao Tome and Principe
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M200520082011

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 35.00 million IMF-BoP, current US$ against 3.35 million IMF-BoP, current US$ in Burundi, a difference of 31.64 million IMF-BoP, current US$.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 10.4 times Burundi's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 38th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 36th of 41 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
2000s 1.06 million IMF-BoP, current US$ 36.87 million IMF-BoP, current US$ 35.81 million IMF-BoP, current US$ Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 2.07 million IMF-BoP, current US$ 42.80 million IMF-BoP, current US$ 40.73 million IMF-BoP, current US$ Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy, Burundi or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 35.00 million IMF-BoP, current US$ against 3.35 million IMF-BoP, current US$ in Burundi as of 2011.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy between Burundi and Sao Tome and Principe?
31.64 million IMF-BoP, current US$, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sao Tome and Principe?
7 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2011.
How do Burundi and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy?
Burundi ranks 38th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 36th of 41 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy (IMF-BoP, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burundi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy. Statizoid, drawing on International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://trade.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-in-reporting-economy-imf-bop-current-us/burundi/sao-tome-and-principe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://trade.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-in-reporting-economy-imf-bop-current-us/burundi/sao-tome-and-principe/">Burundi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy (IMF-BoP, current US$)
Unit
IMF-BoP, current US$
Source
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
43 places, 288 data points, 2005–2011
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment is net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.