Economy > Balance of payments > Foreign investment > Net > USD: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
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. This series shows total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 39.83 billion | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Brazil | 36.03 billion | 2009 | ||
| 3 | China | 34.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 4 | India | 19.72 billion | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Singapore | 10.83 billion | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 9.53 billion | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Australia | 9.17 billion | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Poland | 8.62 billion | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 8.35 billion | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Vietnam | 6.9 billion | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Mexico | 6.38 billion | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Turkey | 6.3 billion | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Romania | 6.09 billion | 2009 | ||
| 14 | Nigeria | 5.65 billion | 2009 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 5.47 billion | 2009 | |||
| 15 | Netherlands | 5.19 billion | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Bulgaria | 4.74 billion | 2009 | ||
| 17 | Chile | 4.72 billion | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Ukraine | 4.65 billion | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Peru | 4.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Colombia | 4.24 billion | 2009 | ||
| 21 | South Africa | 3.82 billion | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Lebanon | 3.68 billion | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Austria | 3.28 billion | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Argentina | 3.19 billion | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Israel | 2.72 billion | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Sudan | 2.68 billion | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Congo, Republic of the | 2.64 billion | 2007 | ||
| 28 | Pakistan | 2.4 billion | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Jordan | 2.31 billion | 2009 | ||
| 30 | Angola | 2.2 billion | 2009 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 2.12 billion | 2009 | |||
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.1 billion | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 2.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Bahrain | 2.05 billion | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Indonesia | 1.93 billion | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.87 billion | 2009 | ||
| 36 | Iraq | 1.82 billion | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Oman | 1.81 billion | 2009 | ||
| 38 | Belarus | 1.78 billion | 2009 | ||
| 39 | Panama | 1.77 billion | 2009 | ||
| 40 | Ghana | 1.68 billion | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Hungary | 1.67 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1.61 billion | 2009 | |||
| 42 | Croatia | 1.6 billion | 2009 | ||
| 43 | Philippines | 1.59 billion | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Portugal | 1.56 billion | 2009 | ||
| 45 | Tunisia | 1.53 billion | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Morocco | 1.49 billion | 2009 | ||
| 47 | Syria | 1.47 billion | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 1.44 billion | 2009 | |||
| 48 | Czech Republic | 1.38 billion | 2009 | ||
| 49 | Costa Rica | 1.34 billion | 2009 | ||
| 50 | Uruguay | 1.26 billion | 2009 | ||
| 51 | New Caledonia | 1.09 billion | 2009 | ||
| 52 | Ireland | 1.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| 53 | Albania | 941.94 million | 2009 | ||
| 54 | Mozambique | 878.4 million | 2009 | ||
| 55 | New Zealand | 866.68 million | 2009 | ||
| 56 | Thailand | 861.92 million | 2009 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 808.81 million | 2009 | |||
| 57 | Malta | 767.54 million | 2009 | ||
| 58 | Armenia | 724.78 million | 2009 | ||
| 59 | Zambia | 699.15 million | 2009 | ||
| 60 | Bangladesh | 674.25 million | 2009 | ||
| 61 | Georgia | 659.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 62 | The Bahamas | 654.9 million | 2009 | ||
| 63 | Cyprus | 608.13 million | 2009 | ||
| 64 | Uganda | 603.75 million | 2009 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 601.67 million | 2008 | |||
| 65 | Mongolia | 569.8 million | 2009 | ||
| 66 | El Salvador | 561.92 million | 2009 | ||
| 67 | Libya | 546 million | 2009 | ||
| 68 | Guatemala | 541.3 million | 2009 | ||
| 69 | Namibia | 528.06 million | 2009 | ||
| 70 | Cambodia | 511.34 million | 2009 | ||
| 71 | Honduras | 499.71 million | 2009 | ||
| 72 | Jamaica | 479.77 million | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Nicaragua | 434.2 million | 2009 | ||
| 74 | Bolivia | 420.03 million | 2009 | ||
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 418.82 million | 2009 | ||
| 76 | Tanzania | 414.54 million | 2009 | ||
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 384 million | 2009 | ||
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 380.87 million | 2009 | ||
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 376.18 million | 1996 | ||
| 80 | Brunei | 325.59 million | 2009 | ||
| 81 | Greece | 322.36 million | 2009 | ||
| 82 | Laos | 318.6 million | 2009 | ||
| 83 | Ecuador | 316.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 84 | Niger | 316.05 million | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Burma | 278.63 million | 2006 | ||
| 86 | Senegal | 271.37 million | 2008 | ||
| 87 | Paraguay | 265.9 million | 2009 | ||
| 88 | Botswana | 251.34 million | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 244.58 million | 2009 | ||
| 90 | Seychelles | 242.86 million | 2009 | ||
| 91 | Ethiopia | 221.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 92 | Mauritius | 218.86 million | 2009 | ||
| 93 | Barbados | 218.13 million | 2009 | ||
| 94 | Liberia | 217.8 million | 2009 | ||
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 189.64 million | 2009 | ||
| 96 | Estonia | 181.39 million | 2009 | ||
| 97 | Mali | 179.68 million | 2008 | ||
| 98 | Benin | 173.83 million | 2008 | ||
| 99 | Guyana | 168 million | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Gabon | 166.93 million | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 156.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 102 | Latvia | 150.2 million | 2009 | ||
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 147.18 million | 2009 | ||
| 104 | Guinea | 140.85 million | 2009 | ||
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 133.57 million | 2009 | ||
| 106 | Antigua and Barbuda | 129.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 107 | Moldova | 121.08 million | 2009 | ||
| 108 | Cape Verde | 119.95 million | 2009 | ||
| 109 | Rwanda | 118.67 million | 2009 | ||
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 114.66 million | 2009 | ||
| 111 | Maldives | 112.32 million | 2009 | ||
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110.27 million | 2009 | ||
| 113 | Netherlands Antilles | 109.63 million | 2009 | ||
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 107.86 million | 1997 | ||
| 115 | Lithuania | 106.02 million | 2009 | ||
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 103.84 million | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Djibouti | 96.86 million | 2009 | ||
| 118 | Belize | 94.93 million | 2009 | ||
| 119 | Kenya | 94.53 million | 2009 | ||
| 120 | Grenada | 90.92 million | 2009 | ||
| 121 | Madagascar | 85.44 million | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Aruba | 79.33 million | 2009 | ||
| 123 | Sierra Leone | 74.29 million | 2009 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 66.14 million | 1994 | |||
| 124 | Lesotho | 62.92 million | 2009 | ||
| 125 | Swaziland | 58.69 million | 2009 | ||
| 126 | Fiji | 52.96 million | 2009 | ||
| 127 | Dominica | 50.33 million | 2009 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 47.8 million | 1994 | |||
| 128 | Togo | 39.82 million | 2008 | ||
| 129 | The Gambia | 39.45 million | 2009 | ||
| 130 | Nepal | 38.18 million | 2009 | ||
| 131 | Haiti | 37.95 million | 2009 | ||
| 132 | Vanuatu | 33.52 million | 2007 | ||
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 29.96 million | 1994 | ||
| 134 | Eritrea | 27.88 million | 2000 | ||
| 135 | Chad | 26.51 million | 1994 | ||
| 136 | Tajikistan | 15.82 million | 2009 | ||
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.2 million | 2009 | ||
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.97 million | 2008 | ||
| 139 | Malawi | 5.9 million | 2002 | ||
| 140 | Tonga | 4.17 million | 2008 | ||
| 141 | Samoa | 3.03 million | 2009 | ||
| 142 | French Polynesia | 2.41 million | 2009 | ||
| 143 | Comoros | 889,525.02 | 1995 | ||
| 144 | Kiribati | 403,582.28 | 1994 | ||
| 145 | Burundi | 348,404.53 | 2009 | ||
| 146 | Mauritania | 132,643 | 1998 | ||
| 147 | Somalia | 0.0 | 1989 | ||
| 148 | Central African Republic | -3,602,275.01 | 1994 | ||
| 149 | Algeria | -38,651,265.71 | 1991 | ||
| 150 | Cameroon | -49,980,273.6 | 2009 | ||
| 151 | Suriname | -93,400,000 | 2009 | ||
| 152 | Slovakia | -441,732,018.34 | 2009 | ||
| 153 | Slovenia | -746,261,110.16 | 2009 | ||
| 154 | Spain | -1,233,720,066.79 | 2009 | ||
| 155 | Switzerland | -2,090,494,987.3 | 2009 | ||
| 156 | Iceland | -2,148,761,629.73 | 2009 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | -3,470,137,604.47 | 2009 | |||
| 157 | Denmark | -3,530,829,612.68 | 2009 | ||
| 158 | Finland | -3,760,353,462.32 | 2009 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | -4,521,237,558.094 | 2009 | |||
| 159 | Venezuela | -4,939,000,000 | 2009 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | -5,289,594,670.776 | 2009 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | -5,833,993,099.136 | 2009 | |||
| 160 | Malaysia | -6,626,128,851.69 | 2009 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | -7,702,470,170.452 | 2009 | |||
| 161 | Russia | -7,743,015,100 | 2009 | ||
| 162 | Kuwait | -8,560,892,447.35 | 2009 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | -12,110,974,342.379 | 2009 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | -12,921,709,621.176 | 2009 | |||
| 163 | Italy | -14,746,302,810.39 | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Norway | -19,269,940,943.33 | 2009 | ||
| 165 | Sweden | -20,375,061,676.95 | 2009 | ||
| 166 | Canada | -20,452,665,054.48 | 2009 | ||
| 167 | Germany | -20,900,768,545 | 2009 | ||
| 168 | United Kingdom | -21,876,595,764.75 | 2009 | ||
| 169 | Luxembourg | -29,046,525,432.37 | 2009 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | -51,690,675,887.237 | 2009 | |||
| 170 | Japan | -62,789,598,844.03 | 2009 | ||
| 171 | France | -87,097,800,192.01 | 2009 | ||
| 172 | European Union | -128,194,672,222.02 | 2009 | ||
| 173 | United States | -133,971,000,000 | 2009 |
