Economy > Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$ per capita: Countries Compared

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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Singapore	3,409.46 BoP $	2005
2	Estonia	1,773.92 BoP $	2005
3	Macau	1,702.66 BoP $	2004
4	Malta	1,401.16 BoP $	2005
5	Antigua and Barbuda	1,376.3 BoP $	2005
6	Aruba	1,136.52 BoP $	2005
7	The Bahamas	1,094.84 BoP $	2005
8	Czech Republic	989.8 BoP $	2005
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	958.81 BoP $	2005
10	United Kingdom	917.67 BoP $	2005
11	Seychelles	900.96 BoP $	2005
12	Trinidad and Tobago	870.67 BoP $	2004
13	Equatorial Guinea	824.25 BoP $	1996
14	New Zealand	747.39 BoP $	2005
15	Cyprus	684.89 BoP $	2005
16	Saint Lucia	651.37 BoP $	2005
17	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	511.24 BoP $	2005
18	Hungary	506.96 BoP $	2005
19	Hong Kong	489.83 BoP $	2005
20	Lebanon	465.88 BoP $	2005
21	Belize	460.16 BoP $	2005
22	Israel	446.49 BoP $	2005
23	Bulgaria	383.33 BoP $	2005
24	Dominica	369.36 BoP $	2005
25	Croatia	345.24 BoP $	2005
26	United States	340.7 BoP $	2005
27	Panama	305.12 BoP $	2005
28	Romania	301.02 BoP $	2005
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	291.52 BoP $	2005
29	Jordan	283.1 BoP $	2005
	Former British colonies average (profile)	281.42 BoP $	2003
30	Chile	276.7 BoP $	2005
31	Oman	266.02 BoP $	2005
32	Latvia	262.16 BoP $	2005
33	Grenada	255.79 BoP $	2005
34	Gabon	255.57 BoP $	2004
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	224.47 BoP $	2005
35	Jamaica	219.39 BoP $	2005
36	Uruguay	215.04 BoP $	2005
	Emerging markets average (profile)	209.78 BoP $	2005
37	Costa Rica	209.25 BoP $	2005
38	Lithuania	201.75 BoP $	2005
39	Barbados	193.01 BoP $	2005
40	Portugal	190.06 BoP $	2005
41	Belgium	179.01 BoP $	2005
42	Botswana	178.29 BoP $	2005
43	Poland	172.35 BoP $	2005
44	Libya	162.66 BoP $	2005
45	Ukraine	159.92 BoP $	2005
46	Kazakhstan	140.01 BoP $	2005
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	133.92 BoP $	2005
48	Colombia	133.18 BoP $	2005
49	Turkey	128.83 BoP $	2005
50	Georgia	123.64 BoP $	2005
51	Ecuador	119.48 BoP $	2005
52	Namibia	119.24 BoP $	2004
53	Cape Verde	113.55 BoP $	2005
54	Mexico	111.06 BoP $	2005
55	South Africa	110.67 BoP $	2005
56	Dominican Republic	109.51 BoP $	2005
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	104.85 BoP $	2005
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	102.76 BoP $	2003
57	Guyana	100.94 BoP $	2005
58	Slovakia	99.58 BoP $	2003
59	Argentina	92.61 BoP $	2005
60	Peru	90.85 BoP $	2005
61	Armenia	83.42 BoP $	2005
62	Albania	80.85 BoP $	2005
63	Egypt	73.61 BoP $	2005
64	Sudan	72.96 BoP $	2005
65	Tunisia	71.09 BoP $	2005
66	Brazil	68.1 BoP $	2005
67	Honduras	67.24 BoP $	2005
68	Thailand	64.49 BoP $	2005
69	Vanuatu	59.62 BoP $	2005
70	Venezuela	56.01 BoP $	2005
71	Suriname	55.85 BoP $	2005
72	Moldova	55.31 BoP $	2005
73	Azerbaijan	54.71 BoP $	2005
74	China	52.02 BoP $	2005
75	Morocco	50.61 BoP $	2005
76	El Salvador	49.43 BoP $	2005
77	Lesotho	47.73 BoP $	2005
78	Nicaragua	44.25 BoP $	2005
79	Australia	42.74 BoP $	2005
80	Malaysia	38.45 BoP $	2005
81	Mongolia	37.22 BoP $	2004
82	The Gambia	36.15 BoP $	2005
83	Maldives	31.9 BoP $	2005
84	Belarus	31.3 BoP $	2005
85	Cambodia	27.92 BoP $	2005
86	Turkmenistan	24.88 BoP $	1997
87	Solomon Islands	24.67 BoP $	1999
88	Syria	23.5 BoP $	2005
89	Vietnam	22.93 BoP $	2005
90	Tonga	22.78 BoP $	1993
91	Sao Tome and Principe	21.06 BoP $	2002
92	Liberia	17.53 BoP $	1987
93	Guatemala	16.4 BoP $	2005
94	Russia	15.73 BoP $	2005
95	Cote d'Ivoire	15.28 BoP $	2005
96	Nigeria	14.42 BoP $	2005
97	Pakistan	13.54 BoP $	2005
98	Togo	12.95 BoP $	2004
99	Sierra Leone	12.91 BoP $	2005
100	Cameroon	12.5 BoP $	2003
101	Tanzania	12.19 BoP $	2005
102	Zambia	12.05 BoP $	2000
103	Sri Lanka	11.91 BoP $	2005
104	Benin	11.77 BoP $	2004
105	Philippines	11.3 BoP $	2005
106	Indonesia	9.78 BoP $	2005
107	Paraguay	9.74 BoP $	2005
108	Uganda	8.95 BoP $	2005
109	Mali	8.66 BoP $	2004
110	Guinea	8.58 BoP $	2003
111	Kyrgyzstan	8.24 BoP $	2005
112	Tajikistan	8.01 BoP $	2005
113	Swaziland	7.97 BoP $	2005
114	Eritrea	7.08 BoP $	2000
115	Guinea-Bissau	6.64 BoP $	2004
116	Senegal	5.83 BoP $	2004
117	Bangladesh	5.61 BoP $	2005
118	Kiribati	5.36 BoP $	1994
119	Mozambique	5.13 BoP $	2005
120	Ghana	4.98 BoP $	2005
121	Djibouti	4.85 BoP $	1995
122	Papua New Guinea	4.43 BoP $	2005
123	Laos	4.37 BoP $	2001
124	Burma	4.28 BoP $	2004
125	Chad	3.92 BoP $	1994
126	Ethiopia	3.48 BoP $	2005
127	India	2.98 BoP $	2003
128	Zimbabwe	2.62 BoP $	1994
129	Comoros	1.91 BoP $	1995
130	Madagascar	1.58 BoP $	2005
131	Niger	1.04 BoP $	2004
132	Haiti	1.03 BoP $	2005
133	Rwanda	0.852 BoP $	2005
134	Burkina Faso	0.688 BoP $	2001
135	Iran	0.592 BoP $	2000
136	South Korea	0.546 BoP $	2005
137	Malawi	0.495 BoP $	2002
138	Kenya	0.322 BoP $	2005
139	Nepal	0.0969 BoP $	2005
140	Burundi	0.0752 BoP $	2005
141	Mauritania	0.052 BoP $	1998
142	Somalia	-0.117 BoP $	1985
143	Central African Republic	-1.125 BoP $	1994
144	Algeria	-1.437 BoP $	1991
145	Canada	-1.528 BoP $	2005
146	Mauritius	-6.284 BoP $	2005
147	Yemen	-13.19 BoP $	2005
148	Bolivia	-29.891 BoP $	2005
149	French Polynesia	-31.156 BoP $	2005
150	Samoa	-31.663 BoP $	2005
151	Slovenia	-44.125 BoP $	2005
152	Greece	-73.699 BoP $	2005
153	Bahrain	-85.048 BoP $	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	-87.502 BoP $	2005
154	Angola	-92.069 BoP $	2005
155	Saudi Arabia	-95.218 BoP $	2005
156	Finland	-106.712 BoP $	2005
157	Fiji	-106.846 BoP $	1999
158	Austria	-124.026 BoP $	2005
159	New Caledonia	-159.348 BoP $	2005
160	Germany	-182.532 BoP $	2005
161	Japan	-330.464 BoP $	2005
162	Italy	-360.515 BoP $	2005
163	Spain	-372.438 BoP $	2005
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	-519.8 BoP $	2005
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	-590.059 BoP $	2005
164	Denmark	-799.392 BoP $	2005
165	France	-995.846 BoP $	2005
	European Union average (profile)	-1,070.38 BoP $	2005
	Europe average (profile)	-1,264.744 BoP $	2005
	NATO countries average (profile)	-1,378.646 BoP $	2005
	Eurozone average (profile)	-1,767.618 BoP $	2005
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	-1,800.711 BoP $	2005
166	Sweden	-1,869.485 BoP $	2005
167	Kuwait	-1,941.169 BoP $	2005
168	Norway	-2,370.485 BoP $	2005
169	Switzerland	-4,935.617 BoP $	2005
170	Netherlands	-6,130.276 BoP $	2005
171	Ireland	-10,454.646 BoP $	2005
172	Iceland	-15,251.033 BoP $	2005
173	Luxembourg	-15,695.871 BoP $	2005

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