High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Trade > Balance of payments > Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$

DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). 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 (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United States	$203.79 billion	2012
2	Australia	$56.60 billion	2012
3	United Kingdom	$56.14 billion	2012
4	Canada	$43.09 billion	2012
5	Ireland	$40.96 billion	2012
6	Spain	$36.16 billion	2012
7	Chile	$30.32 billion	2012
8	France	$28.12 billion	2012
9	Luxembourg	$27.88 billion	2012
10	Germany	$27.22 billion	2012
11	Norway	$22.95 billion	2012
12	Portugal	$13.38 billion	2012
13	Czech Republic	$10.58 billion	2012
14	Israel	$9.48 billion	2012
15	Poland	$6.70 billion	2012
16	Italy	$6.69 billion	2012
17	Netherlands	$6.68 billion	2012
18	South Korea	$5.00 billion	2012
19	Finland	$4.33 billion	2012
20	Austria	$4.14 billion	2012
21	Sweden	$4.04 billion	2012
22	Switzerland	$2.75 billion	2012
23	Japan	$2.53 billion	2012
24	New Zealand	$2.21 billion	2012
25	Greece	$1.66 billion	2012
26	Estonia	$1.65 billion	2012
27	Slovakia	$1.53 billion	2012
28	Denmark	$1.27 billion	2012
29	Iceland	$1.09 billion	2012
30	Slovenia	$-227,373,077.32	2012
31	Belgium	$-1,917,113,506.65	2012

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