DEFINITION
Foreign direct investment is 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 total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 United States :
100,682,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#2 China :
67,821,040,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#3 United Kingdom :
55,266,290,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#4 Singapore :
14,544,060,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#5 Brazil :
12,676,420,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#6 Mexico :
12,298,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#7 Czech Republic :
10,131,410,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#8 Turkey :
8,727,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#9 Ukraine :
7,533,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#10 Poland :
6,578,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#11 Romania :
6,512,280,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#12 Colombia :
5,751,386,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#13 Egypt :
5,283,600,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#14 South Africa :
5,223,286,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#15 Hungary :
5,113,738,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#16 Chile :
4,520,655,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#17 Thailand :
4,227,694,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#18 Argentina :
3,579,036,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#19 Hong Kong :
3,337,324,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#20 India :
3,260,043,000 BoP $
2003 ...
#21 Israel :
3,094,200,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#22 New Zealand :
3,089,644,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#23 Bulgaria :
2,966,973,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#24 Peru :
2,518,787,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#25 Estonia :
2,387,862,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#26 Sudan :
2,304,640,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#27 Russia :
2,251,163,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#28 Indonesia :
2,194,884,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#29 Pakistan :
2,139,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#30 Kazakhstan :
2,120,701,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#31 Nigeria :
2,013,367,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#32 Portugal :
2,004,972,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#33 Vietnam :
1,889,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#34 Belgium :
1,875,778,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#35 Lebanon :
1,857,395,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#36 Ecuador :
1,646,143,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#37 Croatia :
1,533,573,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#38 Jordan :
1,531,876,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#39 Morocco :
1,524,535,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#40 Venezuela :
1,497,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#41 Trinidad and Tobago :
1,123,500,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#42 Panama :
1,027,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#43 Dominican Republic :
1,023,150,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#44 Malaysia :
993,682,900 BoP $
2005 ...
#45 Philippines :
970,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#46 Libya :
910,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#47 Costa Rica :
904,004,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#48 Australia :
871,698,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#49 Bangladesh :
802,493,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#50 Macau :
780,738,900 BoP $
2004 ...
#51 Congo, Republic of the :
724,024,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#52 Uruguay :
715,046,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#53 Tunisia :
712,946,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#54 Cyprus :
707,206,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#55 Lithuania :
688,826,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#56 Oman :
671,001,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#57 Latvia :
603,100,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#58 Jamaica :
581,472,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#59 Malta :
565,839,200 BoP $
2005 ...
#60 Georgia :
539,262,200 BoP $
2005 ...
#61 Slovakia :
535,685,700 BoP $
2003 ...
#62 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
519,600,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#63 Tanzania :
473,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#64 Honduras :
463,900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#65 Azerbaijan :
459,151,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#66 Syria :
427,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#67 Equatorial Guinea :
376,180,400 BoP $
1996 ...
#68 Cambodia :
372,902,200 BoP $
2005 ...
#69 Bahamas, The :
360,300,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#70 Gabon :
344,280,200 BoP $
2004 ...
#71 Botswana :
334,434,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#72 Belarus :
302,500,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#73 El Salvador :
300,150,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#74 Côte d'Ivoire :
265,722,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#75 Ethiopia :
265,111,700 BoP $
2005 ...
#76 Albania :
258,417,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#77 Uganda :
257,056,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#78 Armenia :
251,510,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#79 Nicaragua :
241,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#80 Namibia :
238,869,200 BoP $
2004 ...
#81 Sri Lanka :
234,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#82 Cameroon :
215,359,500 BoP $
2003 ...
#83 Burma :
213,548,500 BoP $
2004 ...
#84 Guatemala :
207,985,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#85 Moldova :
198,860,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#86 Belize :
125,127,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#87 Zambia :
121,700,000 BoP $
2000 ...
#88 Aruba :
113,687,200 BoP $
2005 ...
#89 Antigua and Barbuda :
113,633,900 BoP $
2005 ...
#90 Turkmenistan :
107,860,000 BoP $
1997 ...
#91 Mozambique :
107,853,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#92 Saint Lucia :
107,740,700 BoP $
2005 ...
#93 Ghana :
106,500,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#94 Mali :
100,220,600 BoP $
2004 ...
#95 Macedonia, Republic of :
97,083,330 BoP $
2005 ...
#96 Benin :
93,248,940 BoP $
2004 ...
#97 Mongolia :
92,900,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#98 Lesotho :
91,914,670 BoP $
2005 ...
#99 Guinea :
78,966,000 BoP $
2003 ...
#100 Guyana :
76,800,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#101 Seychelles :
74,689,650 BoP $
2005 ...
#102 Togo :
69,903,580 BoP $
2004 ...
#103 Sierra Leone :
66,100,250 BoP $
2005 ...
#104 Senegal :
63,965,500 BoP $
2004 ...
#105 Paraguay :
57,500,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
55,596,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#107 Tajikistan :
54,479,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#108 Cape Verde :
54,352,280 BoP $
2005 ...
#109 Barbados :
52,800,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#110 Gambia, The :
51,930,780 BoP $
2005 ...
#111 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
47,114,820 BoP $
2005 ...
#112 Kyrgyzstan :
42,565,310 BoP $
2005 ...
#113 Iran :
39,000,000 BoP $
2000 ...
#114 Liberia :
38,499,990 BoP $
1987 ...
#115 Zimbabwe :
29,956,400 BoP $
1994 ...
#116 Madagascar :
28,876,430 BoP $
2005 ...
#117 Suriname :
27,900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#118 Eritrea :
27,875,540 BoP $
2000 ...
#119 Papua New Guinea :
27,015,270 BoP $
2005 ...
#120 Chad :
26,512,740 BoP $
1994 ...
#121 Grenada :
26,333,330 BoP $
2005 ...
#122 Korea, South :
26,300,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#123 Dominica :
26,055,560 BoP $
2005 ...
#124 Laos :
23,900,000 BoP $
2001 ...
#125 Niger :
13,246,640 BoP $
2004 ...
#126 Vanuatu :
12,482,590 BoP $
2005 ...
#127 Kenya :
11,524,460 BoP $
2005 ...
#128 Solomon Islands :
9,900,496 BoP $
1999 ...
#129 Haiti :
9,520,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#130 Maldives :
9,492,278 BoP $
2005 ...
#131 Guinea-Bissau :
9,227,977 BoP $
2004 ...
#132 Swaziland :
8,805,961 BoP $
2005 ...
#133 Burkina Faso :
8,223,306 BoP $
2001 ...
#134 Rwanda :
8,030,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#135 Malawi :
5,900,000 BoP $
2002 ...
#136 Djibouti :
3,218,528 BoP $
1995 ...
#137 São Tomé and Príncipe :
3,042,000 BoP $
2002 ...
#138 Nepal :
2,451,785 BoP $
2005 ...
#139 Tonga :
2,177,324 BoP $
1993 ...
#140 Netherlands Antilles :
1,087,710 BoP $
2005 ...
#141 Comoros :
889,525 BoP $
1995 ...
#142 Burundi :
584,701.7 BoP $
2005 ...
#143 Kiribati :
403,582.3 BoP $
1994 ...
#144 Mauritania :
132,643 BoP $
1998 ...
#145 Somalia :
-709,091.6 BoP $
1985 ...
#146 Central African Republic :
-3,602,275 BoP $
1994 ...
#147 Samoa :
-5,697,112 BoP $
2005 ...
#148 Mauritius :
-7,812,827 BoP $
2005 ...
#149 French Polynesia :
-7,941,057 BoP $
2005 ...
#150 New Caledonia :
-37,350,060 BoP $
2005 ...
#151 Algeria :
-38,651,260 BoP $
1991 ...
#152 Canada :
-49,387,230 BoP $
2005 ...
#153 Bahrain :
-74,802,950 BoP $
2005 ...
#154 Fiji :
-86,209,300 BoP $
1999 ...
#155 Slovenia :
-88,271,580 BoP $
2005 ...
#156 Yemen :
-265,647,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#157 Bolivia :
-279,620,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#158 Finland :
-559,821,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#159 Greece :
-818,350,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#160 Austria :
-1,020,464,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#161 Angola :
-1,523,219,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#162 Saudi Arabia :
-2,350,942,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#163 Denmark :
-4,332,253,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#164 Kuwait :
-4,457,534,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#165 Iceland :
-4,525,500,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#166 Luxembourg :
-7,301,060,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#167 Norway :
-10,959,440,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#168 Germany :
-15,053,330,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#169 Spain :
-16,163,110,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#170 Sweden :
-16,880,650,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#171 Italy :
-21,128,740,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#172 Switzerland :
-36,706,750,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#173 Japan :
-42,224,390,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#174 Ireland :
-43,490,430,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#175 France :
-62,913,830,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#176 Netherlands :
-100,045,300,000 BoP $
2005 ...
Total :
18,834,056,834.4 BoP $
Weighted average:
107,011,686.6 BoP $
DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment is 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 total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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