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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 outflows of investment from the reporting country to the rest of the world and is divided by GDP.
Economy Statistics > Foreign direct investment, net outflows > % of GDP (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Luxembourg :
321.34 %
2005 ...
#2 Iceland :
44.25 %
2005 ...
#3 Netherlands :
22.5 %
2005 ...
#4 Hong Kong :
18.32 %
2005 ...
#5 Switzerland :
14.2 %
2005 ...
#6 Azerbaijan :
9.72 %
2005 ...
#7 Bahrain :
8.7 %
2005 ...
#8 Belgium :
8.11 %
2005 ...
#9 Sweden :
7.71 %
2005 ...
#10 Ireland :
6.82 %
2005 ...
#11 France :
6.28 %
2005 ...
#12 Kuwait :
5.83 %
2005 ...
#13 Norway :
4.82 %
2005 ...
#14 Singapore :
4.73 %
2005 ...
#15 United Kingdom :
4.71 %
2005 ...
#16 Estonia :
4.65 %
2005 ...
#17 Cyprus :
4.11 %
2004 ...
#18 Colombia :
3.78 %
2005 ...
#19 Denmark :
3.7 %
2005 ...
#20 Spain :
3.46 %
2005 ...
#21 Austria :
3.29 %
2005 ...
#22 Lebanon :
3.26 %
2005 ...
#23 Canada :
3.07 %
2005 ...
#24 Fiji :
2.85 %
1999 ...
#25 Finland :
2.35 %
2005 ...
#26 Italy :
2.31 %
2005 ...
#27 Malaysia :
2.28 %
2005 ...
#28 Israel :
2.02 %
2005 ...
#29 Kyrgyzstan :
1.99 %
2004 ...
#30 Chile :
1.86 %
2005 ...
#31 Slovenia :
1.83 %
2005 ...
#32 Russia :
1.69 %
2005 ...
#33 Germany :
1.68 %
2005 ...
#34 Lithuania :
1.34 %
2005 ...
#35 El Salvador :
1.28 %
2005 ...
#36 Hungary :
1.21 %
2005 ...
#37 Bulgaria :
1.15 %
2005 ...
#38 Seychelles :
1.11 %
2005 ...
#39 Indonesia :
1.07 %
2005 ...
#40 Jamaica :
1.06 %
2005 ...
#41 Venezuela :
1.04 %
2005 ...
#42 Japan :
1 %
2005 ...
#43 Poland :
1 %
2005 ...
#44 Mexico :
0.84 %
2005 ...
#45 Central African Republic :
0.84 %
1994 ...
#46 Latvia :
0.8 %
2005 ...
#47 Mauritius :
0.75 %
2005 ...
#48 Czech Republic :
0.68 %
2005 ...
#49 Angola :
0.67 %
2005 ...
#50 Greece :
0.65 %
2005 ...
#51 Portugal :
0.65 %
2005 ...
#52 Argentina :
0.63 %
2005 ...
#53 Croatia :
0.59 %
2005 ...
#54 Korea, South :
0.55 %
2005 ...
#55 China :
0.51 %
2005 ...
#56 Samoa :
0.51 %
2005 ...
#57 Comoros :
0.44 %
1990 ...
#58 South Africa :
0.38 %
2005 ...
#59 Libya :
0.33 %
2005 ...
#60 Ukraine :
0.33 %
2005 ...
#61 Brazil :
0.32 %
2005 ...
#62 Turkey :
0.3 %
2005 ...
#63 Barbados :
0.3 %
2005 ...
#64 Gabon :
0.26 %
2003 ...
#65 Vanuatu :
0.25 %
2005 ...
#66 Guinea-Bissau :
0.22 %
2003 ...
#67 India :
0.22 %
2003 ...
#68 Thailand :
0.17 %
2005 ...
#69 Philippines :
0.16 %
2005 ...
#70 Sri Lanka :
0.16 %
2005 ...
#71 Morocco :
0.15 %
2005 ...
#72 Armenia :
0.14 %
2005 ...
#73 Papua New Guinea :
0.13 %
2005 ...
#74 Aruba :
0.13 %
2002 ...
#75 Vietnam :
0.12 %
2005 ...
#76 Algeria :
0.11 %
1991 ...
#77 Benin :
0.11 %
2003 ...
#78 Mauritania :
0.1 %
1988 ...
#79 Egypt :
0.1 %
2005 ...
#80 Cambodia :
0.1 %
2005 ...
#81 Peru :
0.1 %
2003 ...
#82 Belize :
0.09 %
2005 ...
#83 Paraguay :
0.08 %
2005 ...
#84 Slovakia :
0.07 %
2003 ...
#85 Kiribati :
0.07 %
1994 ...
#86 United States :
0.07 %
2005 ...
#87 Zimbabwe :
0.07 %
1994 ...
#88 Jordan :
0.06 %
2001 ...
#89 Burundi :
0.06 %
1999 ...
#90 Chad :
0.05 %
1994 ...
#91 Macedonia, Republic of :
0.05 %
2005 ...
#92 Kenya :
0.05 %
2005 ...
#93 Albania :
0.05 %
2005 ...
#94 Pakistan :
0.04 %
2005 ...
#95 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.04 %
2001 ...
#96 Senegal :
0.04 %
2003 ...
#97 Bolivia :
0.03 %
2005 ...
#98 Tunisia :
0.03 %
2005 ...
#99 Mali :
0.03 %
2003 ...
#100 Tonga :
0.02 %
1991 ...
#101 Burkina Faso :
0.02 %
2001 ...
#102 Bahamas, The :
0.02 %
1998 ...
#103 Belarus :
0.01 %
2005 ...
#104 Nigeria :
0.01 %
1979 ...
#105 Guinea :
0.01 %
1996 ...
#106 Cameroon :
0.01 %
1995 ...
#107 Bangladesh :
0.01 %
2004 ...
#108 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.01 %
2005 ...
#109 Lesotho :
0.01 %
2004 ...
#110 Cape Verde :
0.01 %
2005 ...
#111 Congo, Republic of the :
-0.01 %
2003 ...
#112 Moldova :
-0.01 %
2005 ...
#113 Romania :
-0.03 %
2005 ...
#114 Uruguay :
-0.03 %
2005 ...
#115 Niger :
-0.08 %
2002 ...
#116 Costa Rica :
-0.21 %
2005 ...
#117 Kazakhstan :
-0.26 %
2005 ...
#118 Netherlands Antilles :
-0.28 %
1985 ...
#119 Togo :
-0.36 %
2003 ...
#120 Namibia :
-0.38 %
2004 ...
#121 São Tomé and Príncipe :
-0.41 %
1988 ...
#122 Haiti :
-0.45 %
1991 ...
#123 Malta :
-0.53 %
2005 ...
#124 Botswana :
-0.54 %
2005 ...
#125 Sierra Leone :
-0.63 %
2005 ...
#126 Swaziland :
-0.92 %
2005 ...
#127 New Zealand :
-1.02 %
2005 ...
#128 Georgia :
-1.4 %
2005 ...
#129 Trinidad and Tobago :
-2.11 %
2003 ...
#130 Australia :
-4.82 %
2005 ...
Weighted average:
4.2 %
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 outflows of investment from the reporting country to the rest of the world and is divided by GDP.
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