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Former British colonies Compared by Economy > Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$

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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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 100.68 billion BoP $ 2005
2 Singapore 14.54 billion BoP $ 2005
3 Egypt 5.28 billion BoP $ 2005
4 India 3.26 billion BoP $ 2003
5 Israel 3.09 billion BoP $ 2005
6 New Zealand 3.09 billion BoP $ 2005
7 Sudan 2.3 billion BoP $ 2005
8 Pakistan 2.14 billion BoP $ 2005
9 Nigeria 2.01 billion BoP $ 2005
10 Jordan 1.53 billion BoP $ 2005
11 Trinidad and Tobago 1.12 billion BoP $ 2004
12 Malaysia 993.68 million BoP $ 2005
13 Australia 871.7 million BoP $ 2005
14 Bangladesh 802.49 million BoP $ 2005
15 Jamaica 581.47 million BoP $ 2005
16 Tanzania 473.4 million BoP $ 2005
17 The Bahamas 360.3 million BoP $ 2005
18 Botswana 334.43 million BoP $ 2005
19 Uganda 257.06 million BoP $ 2005
20 Namibia 238.87 million BoP $ 2004
21 Sri Lanka 234 million BoP $ 2005
22 Burma 213.55 million BoP $ 2004
23 Belize 125.13 million BoP $ 2005
24 Zambia 121.7 million BoP $ 2000
25 Antigua and Barbuda 113.63 million BoP $ 2005
26 Saint Lucia 107.74 million BoP $ 2005
27 Ghana 106.5 million BoP $ 2005
28 Lesotho 91.91 million BoP $ 2005
29 Guyana 76.8 million BoP $ 2005
30 Sierra Leone 66.1 million BoP $ 2005
31 Barbados 52.8 million BoP $ 2005
32 The Gambia 51.93 million BoP $ 2005
33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.11 million BoP $ 2005
34 Zimbabwe 29.96 million BoP $ 1994
35 Grenada 26.33 million BoP $ 2005
36 Dominica 26.06 million BoP $ 2005
37 Kenya 11.52 million BoP $ 2005
38 Maldives 9.49 million BoP $ 2005
39 Swaziland 8.81 million BoP $ 2005
40 Malawi 5.9 million BoP $ 2002
41 Somalia -709,091.6 BoP $ 1985
42 Canada -49,387,230 BoP $ 2005
43 Bahrain -74,802,950 BoP $ 2005
44 Fiji -86,209,300 BoP $ 1999
45 Yemen -265,647,300 BoP $ 2005
46 Kuwait -4,457,534,000 BoP $ 2005

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