Hot countries Compared by Economy > Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP
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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laos | 13,566.87 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2001 | ||
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 2,922.39 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2001 | ||
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,452.02 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1996 | ||
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 130.56 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 129.76 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 129.29 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Singapore | 124.56 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Belize | 113.25 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Seychelles | 107.68 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Guyana | 97.6 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.04 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 12 | Dominica | 91.89 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Sudan | 83.68 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Panama | 66.4 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Jamaica | 60.73 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Cambodia | 60.27 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Egypt | 59.12 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Honduras | 55.95 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Grenada | 55.56 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 55.42 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Cape Verde | 55.29 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Macau | 51.63 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2002 | ||
| 23 | Nicaragua | 49.15 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Gabon | 47.63 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 25 | Colombia | 47.02 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Costa Rica | 45.15 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Ecuador | 45.11 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Eritrea | 43.99 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2000 | ||
| 29 | Liberia | 39.58 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1987 | ||
| 30 | Tanzania | 39.09 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Zambia | 37.59 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2000 | ||
| 32 | Vietnam | 36.04 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 34.68 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 34 | The Bahamas | 34.57 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.19 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 36 | Togo | 33.92 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 37 | Botswana | 32.41 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 29.84 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1999 | ||
| 39 | Uganda | 29.46 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Thailand | 23.93 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Ethiopia | 23.73 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Libya | 23.48 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Benin | 23.04 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 44 | Chad | 22.47 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | ||
| 45 | Guinea | 21.71 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Suriname | 20.8 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 47 | New Caledonia | 20.67 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2000 | ||
| 48 | Mali | 20.56 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 49 | Nigeria | 20.35 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Pakistan | 19.32 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Hong Kong | 18.78 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 52 | El Salvador | 17.68 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Barbados | 17.08 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.26 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Mozambique | 16.25 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Mexico | 16 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Brazil | 15.92 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Cameroon | 15.81 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2003 | ||
| 59 | Tonga | 15.72 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1993 | ||
| 60 | Bangladesh | 13.37 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Maldives | 12.4 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Venezuela | 10.68 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Kiribati | 10.16 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | ||
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 9.97 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Ghana | 9.93 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Philippines | 9.79 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Senegal | 8.39 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 68 | Paraguay | 7.85 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Indonesia | 7.64 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Malaysia | 7.62 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Guatemala | 6.56 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Djibouti | 6.47 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1995 | ||
| 73 | Madagascar | 5.73 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 5.46 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 75 | India | 5.42 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2003 | ||
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 4.35 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | ||
| 77 | Niger | 4.34 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 78 | Comoros | 3.84 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1995 | ||
| 79 | Swaziland | 3.23 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Malawi | 3.05 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2002 | ||
| 81 | Haiti | 2.23 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Australia | 1.19 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Kenya | 0.615 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Mauritania | 0.109 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1998 | ||
| 85 | Somalia | -0.809 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1985 | ||
| 86 | Algeria | -0.845 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1991 | ||
| 87 | Mauritius | -1.242 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Oman | -2.035 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 89 | Bahrain | -5.792 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | -7.589 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Samoa | -14.104 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Yemen | -17.633 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 93 | Bolivia | -29.958 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Fiji | -46.364 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 1999 | ||
| 95 | Angola | -46.425 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Kuwait | -55.181 BoP $ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 |
