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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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
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 ...
#91
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 $