Pacific island small states: Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Pacific island small states' portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) rose US$1.49 million on 2024 (from US$2.08 million to US$3.57 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2024), the average change was +US$20,878 and a typical year strayed about US$624,932 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$1.95 million in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1.39 million in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$389,795 a year. A straight line explains 71% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

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.

Limitations: Portfolio investors typically have less of a role in the decision making of the enterprise with potentially important implications for future flows and for the volatility of the price and volume of positions. Portfolio investment differs from other investment in that it provides a direct way to access financial markets, and thus it can provide liquidity and flexibility. It is associated with financial markets and with their specialized service providers, such as exchanges, dealers, and regulators. The nature of financial derivatives as instruments through which risk is traded in its own right in financial markets sets them apart from other types of investment.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 46 values

Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies

• Bahrain — US$3.41 billion (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — −US$58.5 million (2025)
• Iraq — US$900,000 (2025)
• Israel — US$4.91 billion (2025)
• Jordan — −US$82.96 million (2024)
• Kuwait — US$3.56 billion (2025)
• Lebanon — US$76.07 million (2023)
• Malta — US$3.61 billion (2024)
• Morocco — −US$398.9 million (2025)
• Oman — US$192.72 million (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Pacific island small states

• Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$899.35 million (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$776.47 million (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) — 1.32% (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$447.78 million (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 3.58% (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 6.92% (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$13.01 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$11.21 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Pacific island small states's portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)?

US$3.57 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

Is the latest change in portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) unusual for Pacific island small states?

In 2025, Pacific island small states' portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) rose US$1.49 million on 2024 (from US$2.08 million to US$3.57 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2024), the average change was +US$20,878 and a typical year strayed about US$624,932 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.PEF.TOTL.CD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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