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Economy > Foreign direct investment > Net inflows > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment are the 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 net inflows in the reporting economy. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Luxembourg 240.61 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 14.61 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 10.32 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
European Union average (profile) 9.82 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 8.81 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
2 Iceland 8.33 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Catholic countries average (profile) 7.25 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
3 Hong Kong 5.17 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Cold countries average (profile) 4.98 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
Europe average (profile) 4.69 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
4 Singapore 4.62 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
5 Equatorial Guinea 3.69 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
6 Belgium 3.05 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
7 United Kingdom 2.64 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
8 Netherlands 2.48 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
9 Estonia 2.23 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
10 Switzerland 2.07 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
11 Macau 1.71 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
12 Cyprus 1.56 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
13 Aruba 1.19 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
14 Sweden 1.18 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
15 France 1.16 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
16 The Bahamas 1.12 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
17 Austria 1.1 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
18 Canada 1.06 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 981,558.75 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
20 Seychelles 974,974.67 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
21 Denmark 967,052.86 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 908,387.09 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 853,307.71 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
22 Trinidad and Tobago 842,759.47 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
23 Israel 806,704.6 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
24 Finland 758,232.21 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 722,820.48 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
25 Norway 710,609.31 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
26 Saint Lucia 653,802.09 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
27 Lebanon 641,501.07 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
28 Hungary 638,015.97 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
29 Spain 525,124.46 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
30 New Zealand 482,907.36 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 466,995.66 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
32 Czech Republic 436,370.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
33 Belize 432,174.43 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
34 Chile 409,123.97 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
35 Netherlands Antilles 402,157.17 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
36 Croatia 396,404.07 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
37 Germany 388,435.95 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
38 United States 370,277.16 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
39 Dominica 361,882.78 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
40 Slovakia 354,232.41 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
41 Bulgaria 337,741.6 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
42 Italy 334,179.08 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
43 Panama 317,808.87 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
44 Latvia 317,322.32 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 315,837.01 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
45 Romania 306,446.46 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
46 Portugal 303,376.1 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
47 Lithuania 302,205.14 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 298,452.37 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
48 Jordan 283,077.89 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
49 Oman 278,620.92 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 270,842.83 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
50 Slovenia 270,196.25 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 259,715.96 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
51 Jamaica 257,104.65 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
52 Poland 251,588.81 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 249,856.25 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
53 Grenada 247,261.32 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
54 Colombia 230,827.18 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
55 Barbados 229,822.38 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Eastern Europe average (profile) 227,013.63 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
56 Gabon 216,787.91 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
57 Uruguay 214,947.77 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
58 Azerbaijan 200,276.59 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
59 Costa Rica 198,982.35 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
60 Serbia and Montenegro 183,649.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
61 Mexico 182,094.91 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
62 Congo, Republic of the 181,055.81 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
63 Ukraine 165,861.93 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
64 Botswana 157,847.58 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
65 Malaysia 156,466.45 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
66 Turkey 136,057.73 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
67 South Africa 133,452.08 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
68 Kazakhstan 130,373.57 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 125,549.06 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
69 Ecuador 124,439.88 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
70 Argentina 122,065.21 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
71 Venezuela 111,261.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
72 Dominican Republic 108,045.74 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
73 Cape Verde 107,425.61 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
74 Russia 105,869.81 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
75 Guyana 102,233.97 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
76 Georgia 100,523.96 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
77 Kuwait 98,737.07 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
78 Peru 90,058.83 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
79 South Korea 89,836.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
80 Armenia 85,612.3 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
81 Albania 83,867.73 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
82 Brazil 81,506.01 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76,534.72 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
84 El Salvador 75,200.36 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
85 Egypt 72,610.98 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
86 Chad 72,315.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
87 Tunisia 72,087.53 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
88 Mongolia 71,378.23 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
89 Thailand 70,474.85 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Muslim countries average (profile) 69,666.79 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
90 Honduras 64,388.32 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
91 Sudan 63,606.21 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
92 Vanuatu 62,694.93 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
93 China 60,656.75 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
94 Liberia 59,074.3 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
95 Greece 57,611.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 51,568.33 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
96 Morocco 51,475 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
97 Moldova 51,255.45 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
98 Lesotho 51,212.54 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
99 Nicaragua 46,880.06 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
100 Sao Tome and Principe 44,721.86 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
101 Tonga 44,309.35 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
102 Mauritania 37,474.64 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
103 The Gambia 34,230.77 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
104 Algeria 32,912.48 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
105 Mauritius 31,491.19 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
106 Belarus 31,200.16 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
107 French Polynesia 30,459.51 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
108 Maldives 28,834.56 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
109 Djibouti 28,556.91 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
110 Cambodia 26,947.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
111 Japan 25,150.88 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
112 Indonesia 23,848.08 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
113 Vietnam 23,512.45 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
114 Syria 22,422.49 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
115 Zambia 22,196.59 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
South and Central Asia average (profile) 19,262.79 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
116 Guatemala 16,507.98 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
failed states average (profile) 15,707.04 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
117 Cote d'Ivoire 14,637.23 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
118 Nigeria 14,243.23 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
119 Pakistan 14,014.07 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
120 Sri Lanka 13,879.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
121 Philippines 13,629.61 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
122 Turkmenistan 12,733.28 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
123 Tanzania 12,303.18 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
124 Mali 11,763.4 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
125 Guinea 11,329.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
126 Paraguay 10,765.17 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
127 Sierra Leone 10,596.53 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
128 Uganda 8,920.54 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
129 Tajikistan 8,317.18 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
130 Kyrgyzstan 8,275.55 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
131 Zimbabwe 7,901.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
132 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,985.38 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
South Asia average (profile) 6,728.6 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
133 Guinea-Bissau 6,303.8 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
134 India 6,027.87 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
135 Burma 5,938.3 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
136 Papua New Guinea 5,705.96 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
137 Bangladesh 5,658.44 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
138 Mozambique 5,449.26 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
139 Laos 4,890.61 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
140 Ghana 4,816.22 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
141 Senegal 4,631.94 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
142 Ethiopia 3,720.55 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
143 Somalia 2,916.93 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
144 Eritrea 2,584.81 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
145 Benin 2,488.49 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
146 Uzbekistan 1,734.6 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
147 Comoros 1,665.31 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
148 Madagascar 1,552 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
149 Central African Republic 1,485.98 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
150 Burkina Faso 1,474.09 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
151 Bhutan 1,214 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
152 Haiti 1,116.35 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
153 Cameroon 1,102.82 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
154 Rwanda 888.5 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
155 Niger 854.73 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
156 Kenya 619.22 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
157 Iran 439.55 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
158 Togo 437.75 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
159 Malawi 232.85 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
160 Nepal 90.36 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
161 Burundi 77.47 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
162 Solomon Islands -1,711.161 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
163 Fiji -4,464.609 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
164 Yemen -12,665.154 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
165 Swaziland -14,306.764 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
166 Samoa -19,742.356 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
167 New Caledonia -28,711.236 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
168 Bolivia -30,126.285 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
169 Angola -81,790.86 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
170 Australia -1,693,158.542 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
171 Ireland -7,148,270.058 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005

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