Net foreign investment statistics - countries compared

SOURCE
calculated on the basis of data on foreign direct investment and GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank

DEFINITION
Net foreign direct investment inflows (as % of GDP, 2000). A negative value indicates that the capital flowing out of the country exceeds that flowing in.

Economy Statistics > Net foreign investment (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

30.6%

# 2

Sao Tome and Principe:

21.5%

# 3

Angola:

19.2%

# 4

Malta:

17.7%

# 5

Lesotho:

13.1%

# 6

Slovakia:

10.7%

# 7

Nicaragua:

10.6%

= 8

Vanuatu:

9.4%

= 8

Guyana:

9.4%

# 10

Seychelles:

9.1%

= 11

Czech Republic:

= 11

Grenada:

= 13

Trinidad and Tobago:

8.9%

= 13

Equatorial Guinea:

8.9%

= 13

Bolivia:

8.9%

# 16

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

8.4%

# 17

Bulgaria:

8.3%

# 18

Estonia:

7.8%

# 19

Armenia:

7.3%

= 20

Zambia:

6.9%

= 20

Kazakhstan:

6.9%

= 20

Saint Lucia:

6.9%

= 20

Singapore:

6.9%

# 24

Jordan:

6.7%

# 25

Jamaica:

6.2%

= 26

Mauritius:

6.1%

= 26

Panama:

6.1%

# 28

Poland:

5.9%

# 29

Eritrea:

5.8%

# 30

Latvia:

5.7%

# 31

Brazil:

5.5%

= 32

Ecuador:

5.2%

= 32

Chile:

5.2%

= 32

Bahamas, The:

5.2%

# 35

Croatia:

4.9%

= 36

Dominican Republic:

4.8%

= 36

Honduras:

4.8%

# 38

Turkmenistan:

4.5%

# 39

Georgia:

4.3%

# 40

Laos:

4.2%

= 41

Argentina:

4.1%

= 41

Vietnam:

4.1%

# 43

Israel:

= 44

Cambodia:

3.9%

= 44

Dominica:

3.9%

= 44

Tunisia:

3.9%

# 47

Albania:

3.8%

= 48

Hungary:

3.7%

= 48

Venezuela:

3.7%

= 48

Mozambique:

3.7%

= 51

China:

3.6%

= 51

Uganda:

3.6%

= 51

Solomon Islands:

3.6%

= 54

Sudan:

3.4%

= 54

Papua New Guinea:

3.4%

= 56

Gambia, The:

3.3%

= 56

Mali:

3.3%

= 56

Lithuania:

3.3%

# 59

Mongolia:

3.1%

# 60

Gabon:

# 61

Colombia:

2.9%

= 62

Romania:

2.8%

= 62

Thailand:

2.8%

= 64

Malawi:

2.7%

= 64

Philippines:

2.7%

= 66

Costa Rica:

2.6%

= 66

Nigeria:

2.6%

= 68

Azerbaijan:

2.5%

= 68

Togo:

2.5%

= 70

Senegal:

2.4%

= 70

Tajikistan:

2.4%

= 72

Maldives:

2.3%

= 72

Mexico:

2.3%

# 74

Belize:

2.2%

= 75

Ghana:

2.1%

= 75

Guinea:

2.1%

= 75

Madagascar:

2.1%

# 78

Korea, South:

= 79

Malaysia:

1.9%

= 79

Ukraine:

1.9%

= 81

Lebanon:

1.8%

= 81

Cyprus:

1.8%

= 81

Cape Verde:

1.8%

# 84

Burundi:

1.7%

# 85

Uruguay:

1.5%

= 86

El Salvador:

1.4%

= 86

Benin:

1.4%

= 88

Egypt:

1.3%

= 88

Peru:

1.3%

= 88

Uzbekistan:

1.3%

# 91

Guatemala:

1.2%

= 92

Chad:

1.1%

= 92

Paraguay:

1.1%

= 92

Sri Lanka:

1.1%

= 92

Kenya:

1.1%

= 92

Cote d'Ivoire:

1.1%

= 92

Zimbabwe:

1.1%

= 92

Russia:

1.1%

# 99

Slovenia:

= 100

South Africa:

0.8%

= 100

Niger:

0.8%

= 100

Ethiopia:

0.8%

= 100

Rwanda:

0.8%

= 104

Barbados:

0.7%

= 104

Oman:

0.7%

= 104

Syria:

0.7%

= 107

Botswana:

0.6%

= 107

Bangladesh:

0.6%

= 109

Pakistan:

0.5%

= 109

Central African Republic:

0.5%

= 109

Mauritania:

0.5%

= 109

India:

0.5%

= 109

Turkey:

0.5%

= 109

Burkina Faso:

0.5%

= 115

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

0.4%

= 115

Cameroon:

0.4%

= 117

Belarus:

0.3%

= 117

Haiti:

0.3%

# 119

Sierra Leone:

0.2%

# 120

Nepal:

0.1%

= 121

Djibouti:

= 121

Bhutan:

= 121

Guinea-Bissau:

= 121

Fiji:

= 121

Comoros:

# 126

Kyrgyzstan:

-0.2%

# 127

Yemen:

-2.4%

= 128

Indonesia:

-3%

= 128

Swaziland:

-3%

Weighted average:

3.8%

DEFINITION: Net foreign direct investment inflows (as % of GDP, 2000). A negative value indicates that the capital flowing out of the country exceeds that flowing in.

SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on foreign direct investment and GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank

Economy Statistics > Net foreign investment (most recent) by country

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