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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 and is divided by GDP.
Economy Statistics > Foreign direct investment, net inflows > % of GDP (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Luxembourg :
301.32 %
2005 ...
#2
Equatorial Guinea :
57.58 %
2005 ...
#3
Liberia :
35.37 %
2005 ...
#4
Estonia :
22.87 %
2005 ...
#5
Hong Kong :
20.2 %
2005 ...
#6
Aruba :
17.34 %
2002 ...
#7
Singapore :
17.19 %
2005 ...
#8
Iceland :
15.63 %
2005 ...
#9
Congo, Republic of the :
14.22 %
2005 ...
#10
Azerbaijan :
13.37 %
2005 ...
#11
Saint Lucia :
13.06 %
2005 ...
#12
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
12.93 %
2005 ...
#13
Chad :
12.89 %
2005 ...
#14
Jordan :
12.05 %
2005 ...
#15
Seychelles :
11.88 %
2005 ...
#16
Lebanon :
11.72 %
2005 ...
#17
Belize :
11.41 %
2005 ...
#18
Gambia, The :
11.26 %
2005 ...
#19
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10.4 %
2005 ...
#20
São Tomé and Príncipe :
9.92 %
2005 ...
#21
Bulgaria :
9.81 %
2005 ...
#22
Guyana :
9.76 %
2005 ...
#23
Mongolia :
9.69 %
2005 ...
#24
Ukraine :
9.42 %
2005 ...
#25
Dominica :
9.19 %
2005 ...
#26
Belgium :
8.62 %
2005 ...
#27
Colombia :
8.48 %
2005 ...
#28
Sudan :
8.37 %
2005 ...
#29
Trinidad and Tobago :
7.66 %
2005 ...
#30
Cyprus :
7.26 %
2004 ...
#31
United Kingdom :
7.22 %
2005 ...
#32
Jamaica :
7.13 %
2005 ...
#33
Georgia :
7.03 %
2005 ...
#34
Moldova :
6.81 %
2005 ...
#35
Romania :
6.73 %
2005 ...
#36
Panama :
6.64 %
2005 ...
#37
Netherlands :
6.47 %
2005 ...
#38
Lesotho :
6.34 %
2005 ...
#39
Macau :
6.23 %
2002 ...
#40
Mauritania :
6.22 %
2005 ...
#41
Cambodia :
6.13 %
2005 ...
#42
Egypt :
6.02 %
2005 ...
#43
Hungary :
5.89 %
2005 ...
#44
Chile :
5.78 %
2005 ...
#45
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
5.66 %
2005 ...
#46
Serbia and Montenegro :
5.65 %
2005 ...
#47
Honduras :
5.6 %
2005 ...
#48
Grenada :
5.56 %
2005 ...
#49
Cape Verde :
5.54 %
2005 ...
#50
Armenia :
5.27 %
2005 ...
#51
Nicaragua :
4.92 %
2005 ...
#52
Sierra Leone :
4.91 %
2005 ...
#53
Latvia :
4.61 %
2005 ...
#54
Croatia :
4.57 %
2005 ...
#55
Israel :
4.52 %
2005 ...
#56
Ecuador :
4.51 %
2005 ...
#57
Costa Rica :
4.3 %
2005 ...
#58
Uruguay :
4.23 %
2005 ...
#59
Switzerland :
4.2 %
2005 ...
#60
Czech Republic :
4.12 %
2004 ...
#61
Slovakia :
4.11 %
2005 ...
#62
Lithuania :
4.03 %
2005 ...
#63
Tanzania :
3.91 %
2005 ...
#64
Vanuatu :
3.89 %
2005 ...
#65
Vietnam :
3.73 %
2005 ...
#66
Gabon :
3.72 %
2005 ...
#67
Zambia :
3.56 %
2005 ...
#68
China :
3.54 %
2005 ...
#69
Dominican Republic :
3.47 %
2005 ...
#70
Bahamas, The :
3.46 %
2003 ...
#71
Kazakhstan :
3.46 %
2005 ...
#72
Guinea-Bissau :
3.32 %
2005 ...
#73
France :
3.32 %
2005 ...
#74
Djibouti :
3.2 %
2005 ...
#75
Poland :
3.17 %
2005 ...
#76
Peru :
3.17 %
2005 ...
#77
Albania :
3.13 %
2005 ...
#78
Guinea :
3.1 %
2005 ...
#79
Canada :
3.07 %
2005 ...
#80
El Salvador :
3.05 %
2005 ...
#81
Zimbabwe :
3.05 %
2005 ...
#82
Malaysia :
3.04 %
2005 ...
#83
Morocco :
3.01 %
2005 ...
#84
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.01 %
2005 ...
#85
Mali :
3 %
2005 ...
#86
Sweden :
2.99 %
2005 ...
#87
Austria :
2.96 %
2005 ...
#88
Uganda :
2.95 %
2005 ...
#89
Botswana :
2.7 %
2005 ...
#90
Turkey :
2.7 %
2005 ...
#91
South Africa :
2.61 %
2005 ...
#92
Argentina :
2.58 %
2005 ...
#93
Thailand :
2.56 %
2005 ...
#94
Tunisia :
2.52 %
2005 ...
#95
Mexico :
2.44 %
2005 ...
#96
Ethiopia :
2.37 %
2005 ...
#97
Tajikistan :
2.36 %
2005 ...
#98
Tonga :
2.12 %
2005 ...
#99
Venezuela :
2.11 %
2005 ...
#100
Finland :
2.06 %
2005 ...
#101
Spain :
2.03 %
2005 ...
#102
Nigeria :
2.03 %
2005 ...
#103
Denmark :
2.02 %
2005 ...
#104
Barbados :
2 %
2005 ...
#105
Russia :
1.98 %
2005 ...
#106
Pakistan :
1.97 %
2005 ...
#107
Brazil :
1.91 %
2005 ...
#108
Indonesia :
1.83 %
2005 ...
#109
New Zealand :
1.81 %
2005 ...
#110
Portugal :
1.75 %
2005 ...
#111
Kyrgyzstan :
1.74 %
2005 ...
#112
Macedonia, Republic of :
1.73 %
2005 ...
#113
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.63 %
2005 ...
#114
Mozambique :
1.63 %
2005 ...
#115
Syria :
1.62 %
2005 ...
#116
Slovenia :
1.57 %
2005 ...
#117
Bangladesh :
1.34 %
2005 ...
#118
Maldives :
1.24 %
2005 ...
#119
Eritrea :
1.17 %
2005 ...
#120
Sri Lanka :
1.16 %
2005 ...
#121
Germany :
1.15 %
2005 ...
#122
Philippines :
1.14 %
2005 ...
#123
Italy :
1.11 %
2005 ...
#124
Norway :
1.11 %
2005 ...
#125
Algeria :
1.06 %
2005 ...
#126
Belarus :
1.03 %
2005 ...
#127
Ghana :
0.99 %
2005 ...
#128
Laos :
0.96 %
2005 ...
#129
United States :
0.88 %
2005 ...
#130
Paraguay :
0.87 %
2005 ...