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.
Economy Statistics > Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United Kingdom :
158,800,600,000 BoP $
2005
# 2
Luxembourg :
109,888,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 3
United States :
109,754,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 4
China :
79,126,730,000 BoP $
2005
# 5
France :
70,685,690,000 BoP $
2005
# 6
Netherlands :
40,415,670,000 BoP $
2005
# 7
Hong Kong :
35,897,160,000 BoP $
2005
# 8
Canada :
34,146,130,000 BoP $
2005
# 9
Germany :
32,034,080,000 BoP $
2005
# 10
Belgium :
31,959,360,000 BoP $
2005
# 11
Spain :
22,789,430,000 BoP $
2005
# 12
Singapore :
20,070,560,000 BoP $
2005
# 13
Italy :
19,585,250,000 BoP $
2005
# 14
Mexico :
18,772,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 15
Switzerland :
15,420,190,000 BoP $
2005
# 16
Brazil :
15,193,120,000 BoP $
2005
# 17
Russia :
15,151,410,000 BoP $
2005
# 18
Sweden :
10,679,010,000 BoP $
2005
# 19
Colombia :
10,374,710,000 BoP $
2005
# 20
Turkey :
9,805,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 21
Poland :
9,602,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 22
Austria :
9,057,230,000 BoP $
2005
# 23
Ukraine :
7,808,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 24
Chile :
6,666,716,000 BoP $
2005
# 25
Romania :
6,629,770,000 BoP $
2005
# 26
India :
6,598,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 27
Hungary :
6,435,699,000 BoP $
2005
# 28
South Africa :
6,257,328,000 BoP $
2005
# 29
Israel :
5,585,300,000 BoP $
2005
# 30
Egypt :
5,375,600,000 BoP $
2005
# 31
Indonesia :
5,259,884,000 BoP $
2005
# 32
Denmark :
5,237,537,000 BoP $
2005
# 33
Argentina :
4,729,679,000 BoP $
2005
# 34
Thailand :
4,526,794,000 BoP $
2005
# 35
Czech Republic :
4,454,000,000 BoP $
2004
# 36
Korea, South :
4,338,600,000 BoP $
2005
# 37
Finland :
3,977,762,000 BoP $
2005
# 38
Malaysia :
3,966,013,000 BoP $
2005
# 39
Norway :
3,285,360,000 BoP $
2005
# 40
Japan :
3,213,628,000 BoP $
2005
# 41
Portugal :
3,200,451,000 BoP $
2005
# 42
Estonia :
2,996,798,000 BoP $
2005
# 43
Venezuela :
2,957,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 44
Bulgaria :
2,614,120,000 BoP $
2005
# 45
Lebanon :
2,572,894,000 BoP $
2005
# 46
Peru :
2,518,787,000 BoP $
2005
# 47
Iceland :
2,472,420,000 BoP $
2005
# 48
Sudan :
2,304,640,000 BoP $
2005
# 49
Pakistan :
2,183,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 50
Nigeria :
2,013,367,000 BoP $
2005
# 51
New Zealand :
1,979,389,000 BoP $
2005
# 52
Kazakhstan :
1,974,775,000 BoP $
2005
# 53
Vietnam :
1,954,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 54
Slovakia :
1,908,250,000 BoP $
2005
# 55
Equatorial Guinea :
1,860,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 56
Croatia :
1,761,362,000 BoP $
2005
# 57
Azerbaijan :
1,679,920,000 BoP $
2005
# 58
Ecuador :
1,646,143,000 BoP $
2005
# 59
Morocco :
1,551,596,000 BoP $
2005
# 60
Jordan :
1,531,876,000 BoP $
2005
# 61
Serbia and Montenegro :
1,481,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 62
Cyprus :
1,181,331,000 BoP $
2005
# 63
Philippines :
1,132,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 64
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,100,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 65
Algeria :
1,081,300,000 BoP $
2005
# 66
Lithuania :
1,031,819,000 BoP $
2005
# 67
Panama :
1,027,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 68
Dominican Republic :
1,023,150,000 BoP $
2005
# 69
Costa Rica :
861,042,000 BoP $
2005
# 70
Bangladesh :
802,493,600 BoP $
2005
# 71
Macau :
781,090,400 BoP $
2004
# 72
Latvia :
730,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 73
Congo, Republic of the :
724,024,800 BoP $
2005
# 74
Tunisia :
722,965,800 BoP $
2005
# 75
Oman :
715,214,600 BoP $
2005
# 76
Uruguay :
710,557,800 BoP $
2005
# 77
Chad :
705,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 78
Jamaica :
682,484,300 BoP $
2005
# 79
Greece :
639,719,400 BoP $
2005
# 80
Slovenia :
540,527,600 BoP $
2005
# 81
El Salvador :
517,450,000 BoP $
2005
# 82
Tanzania :
473,400,000 BoP $
2005
# 83
Honduras :
463,900,000 BoP $
2005
# 84
Georgia :
449,784,800 BoP $
2005
# 85
Syria :
427,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 86
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
402,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 87
Cambodia :
379,180,200 BoP $
2005
# 88
Bahamas, The :
360,300,000 BoP $
2005
# 89
Belarus :
305,000,000 BoP $
2005
= 90
Burma :
300,000,000 BoP $
2005
= 90
Gabon :
300,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 92
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
299,026,800 BoP $
2005
# 93
Botswana :
278,589,300 BoP $
2005
# 94
Sri Lanka :
272,400,000 BoP $
2005
# 95
Côte d'Ivoire :
265,722,400 BoP $
2005
# 96
Ethiopia :
265,111,700 BoP $
2005
# 97
Albania :
262,479,000 BoP $
2005
# 98
Zambia :
259,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 99
Armenia :
258,233,400 BoP $
2005
# 100
Uganda :
257,056,400 BoP $
2005
# 101
Kuwait :
250,342,500 BoP $
2005
# 102
Nicaragua :
241,400,000 BoP $
2005
# 103
Guatemala :
207,985,000 BoP $
2005
# 104
Moldova :
198,700,000 BoP $
2005
# 105
Liberia :
193,956,700 BoP $
2005
# 106
Mongolia :
182,300,000 BoP $
2005
# 107
Mali :
159,022,600 BoP $
2005
# 108
Belize :
126,108,500 BoP $
2005
# 109
Aruba :
118,882,700 BoP $
2005
# 110
Mauritania :
115,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 111
Mozambique :
107,853,300 BoP $
2005
# 112
Saint Lucia :
107,740,700 BoP $
2005
# 113
Ghana :
106,500,000 BoP $
2005
# 114
Zimbabwe :
102,800,000 BoP $
2005
# 115
Guinea :
102,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 116
Macedonia, Republic of :
99,842,780 BoP $
2005
# 117
Lesotho :
91,914,670 BoP $
2005
# 118
Seychelles :
82,379,510 BoP $
2005
# 119
Guyana :
76,800,000 BoP $
2005
# 120
Netherlands Antilles :
73,456,420 BoP $
2005
# 121
Paraguay :
63,500,000 BoP $
2005
# 122
Barbados :
61,950,000 BoP $
2005
# 123
Turkmenistan :
61,543,330 BoP $
2005
# 124
Sierra Leone :
58,550,890 BoP $
2005
# 125
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
55,596,300 BoP $
2005
# 126
Tajikistan :
54,479,300 BoP $
2005
# 127
Cape Verde :
54,444,050 BoP $
2005
# 128
Senegal :
54,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 129
Gambia, The :
51,930,780 BoP $
2005
# 130
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
47,114,820 BoP $
2005
# 131
Uzbekistan :
45,390,000 BoP $
2005
# 132
Kyrgyzstan :
42,565,310 BoP $
2005
# 133
Mauritius :
39,151,520 BoP $
2005
# 134
Papua New Guinea :
33,591,780 BoP $
2005
# 135
Iran :
30,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 136
Madagascar :
28,876,430 BoP $
2005
# 137
Laos :
27,700,000 BoP $
2005
# 138
Grenada :
26,333,330 BoP $
2005
# 139
Dominica :
26,055,560 BoP $
2005
# 140
Somalia :
24,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 141
Djibouti :
22,647,860 BoP $
2005
# 142
Kenya :
21,211,690 BoP $
2005
# 143
Benin :
21,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 144
Burkina Faso :
19,498,970 BoP $
2005
# 145
Cameroon :
18,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 146
Vanuatu :
13,251,640 BoP $
2005
# 147
Niger :
11,929,500 BoP $
2005
# 148
Eritrea :
11,376,670 BoP $
2005
# 149
Guinea-Bissau :
10,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 150
Haiti :
9,520,000 BoP $
2005
# 151
Maldives :
9,492,278 BoP $
2005
# 152
Rwanda :
8,030,000 BoP $
2005
# 153
French Polynesia :
7,816,001 BoP $
2005
# 154
São Tomé and Príncipe :
7,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 155
Central African Republic :
6,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 156
Tonga :
4,533,334 BoP $
2005
# 157
Malawi :
3,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 158
Togo :
2,690,000 BoP $
2005
# 159
Nepal :
2,451,785 BoP $
2005
# 160
Comoros :
1,000,000 BoP $
2005
# 161
Bhutan :
773,333.3 BoP $
2005
# 162
Burundi :
584,701.7 BoP $
2005
# 163
Solomon Islands :
-817,493.7 BoP $
2005
# 164
Samoa :
-3,652,020 BoP $
2005
# 165
Fiji :
-3,784,676 BoP $
2005
# 166
New Caledonia :
-6,732,182 BoP $
2005
# 167
Swaziland :
-16,180,950 BoP $
2005
# 168
Yemen :
-265,647,300 BoP $
2005
# 169
Bolivia :
-276,620,000 BoP $
2005
# 170
Angola :
-1,303,860,000 BoP $
2005
# 171
Ireland :
-29,730,370,000 BoP $
2005
# 172
Australia :
-34,420,220,000 BoP $
2005
Total :
979,517,824,221.3 BoP $
Weighted average:
5,694,871,071.1 BoP $
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.
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