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Economy > Trade > Balance of payments > Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$: Countries Compared

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 GRAPH HISTORY
1 European Union $295.35 billion 2012
2 China $253.47 billion 2012
3 United States $203.79 billion 2012
4 Brazil $76.11 billion 2012
5 Hong Kong $74.58 billion 2012
6 Singapore $56.65 billion 2012
7 Australia $56.60 billion 2012
8 United Kingdom $56.14 billion 2012
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) $52.51 billion 2012
9 Russia $50.66 billion 2012
10 Canada $43.09 billion 2012
11 Ireland $40.96 billion 2012
Non-religious countries average (profile) $39.23 billion 2012
12 Spain $36.16 billion 2012
13 Chile $30.32 billion 2012
14 France $28.12 billion 2012
15 Luxembourg $27.88 billion 2012
16 Germany $27.22 billion 2012
17 India $24.00 billion 2012
Emerging markets average (profile) $23.38 billion 2012
18 Norway $22.95 billion 2012
Cold countries average (profile) $21.46 billion 2012
High income OECD countries average (profile) $21.19 billion 2012
19 Indonesia $19.62 billion 2012
20 Colombia $15.65 billion 2012
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) $15.63 billion 2012
21 Mexico $15.45 billion 2012
22 Kazakhstan $15.12 billion 2012
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) $13.42 billion 2012
23 Portugal $13.38 billion 2012
24 Turkey $12.52 billion 2012
25 Peru $12.24 billion 2012
26 Saudi Arabia $12.18 billion 2012
27 Argentina $12.13 billion 2012
NATO countries average (profile) $11.89 billion 2012
Eurozone average (profile) $11.18 billion 2012
28 Thailand $10.69 billion 2012
29 Czech Republic $10.58 billion 2012
European Union average (profile) $10.55 billion 2012
30 Malaysia $9.73 billion 2012
Catholic countries average (profile) $9.62 billion 2012
31 United Arab Emirates $9.60 billion 2012
32 Israel $9.48 billion 2012
33 Hungary $9.36 billion 2012
Former British colonies average (profile) $9.07 billion 2012
Europe average (profile) $8.99 billion 2012
34 Vietnam $8.37 billion 2012
Tourist destinations average (profile) $8.19 billion 2012
Christian countries average (profile) $7.90 billion 2012
35 Ukraine $7.83 billion 2012
Religious countries average (profile) $7.79 billion 2012
36 Nigeria $7.10 billion 2012
37 Poland $6.70 billion 2012
38 Italy $6.69 billion 2012
39 Netherlands $6.68 billion 2012
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) $6.52 billion 2012
Former Soviet republics average (profile) $6.00 billion 2012
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) $5.85 billion 2012
40 Azerbaijan $5.29 billion 2012
41 Mozambique $5.24 billion 2012
South Asia average (profile) $5.23 billion 2012
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) $5.17 billion 2012
Eastern Europe average (profile) $5.15 billion 2012
42 South Korea $5.00 billion 2012
43 Iran $4.87 billion 2012
44 South Africa $4.64 billion 2012
Hot countries average (profile) $4.54 billion 2012
45 Mongolia $4.45 billion 2012
46 Finland $4.33 billion 2012
47 Macau $4.26 billion 2012
48 Cayman Islands $4.23 billion 2012
49 Austria $4.14 billion 2012
50 Sweden $4.04 billion 2012
51 Dominican Republic $3.86 billion 2012
52 Lebanon $3.68 billion 2012
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) $3.65 billion 2012
South and Central Asia average (profile) $3.64 billion 2012
OPEC countries average (profile) $3.62 billion 2012
53 Iraq $3.40 billion 2012
54 Panama $3.38 billion 2012
55 Ghana $3.29 billion 2012
56 Turkmenistan $3.16 billion 2012
Muslim countries average (profile) $3.00 billion 2012
57 Uruguay $2.91 billion 2012
58 Democratic Republic of the Congo $2.89 billion 2012
59 Morocco $2.84 billion 2012
60 Egypt $2.80 billion 2012
61 Philippines $2.80 billion 2012
62 Republic of the Congo $2.76 billion 2012
63 Switzerland $2.75 billion 2012
64 Costa Rica $2.64 billion 2012
65 Trinidad and Tobago $2.53 billion 2012
66 Japan $2.53 billion 2012
67 Sudan $2.49 billion 2012
Landlocked countries average (profile) $2.47 billion 2012
68 Burma $2.24 billion 2012
69 New Zealand $2.21 billion 2012
70 Venezuela $2.20 billion 2012
71 Equatorial Guinea $2.12 billion 2012
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) $2.10 billion 2012
72 Bulgaria $2.09 billion 2012
73 Romania $2.02 billion 2012
74 Kuwait $1.85 billion 2012
75 Libya $1.78 billion 2010
76 Uganda $1.72 billion 2012
77 Tanzania $1.71 billion 2012
78 Greece $1.66 billion 2012
79 Estonia $1.65 billion 2012
80 Algeria $1.60 billion 2012
81 New Caledonia $1.59 billion 2012
82 Cambodia $1.56 billion 2012
83 Tunisia $1.55 billion 2012
84 Slovakia $1.53 billion 2012
85 Oman $1.51 billion 2012
86 Jordan $1.50 billion 2012
87 Syria $1.47 billion 2010
88 Belarus $1.46 billion 2012
89 Croatia $1.40 billion 2012
Former French colonies average (profile) $1.39 billion 2012
90 Liberia $1.35 billion 2012
failed states average (profile) $1.29 billion 2012
91 Denmark $1.27 billion 2012
92 Albania $1.27 billion 2012
93 Cyprus $1.25 billion 2012
94 Mauritania $1.20 billion 2012
95 Bangladesh $1.18 billion 2012
96 Guatemala $1.15 billion 2012
97 Uzbekistan $1.09 billion 2012
98 Iceland $1.09 billion 2012
99 Latvia $1.08 billion 2012
100 Honduras $1.07 billion 2012
101 Zambia $1.07 billion 2012
102 Bolivia $1.06 billion 2012
103 Sri Lanka $897.89 million 2012
104 Madagascar $894.66 million 2012
105 Bahrain $891.22 million 2012
106 Pakistan $853.68 million 2012
107 Brunei $850.00 million 2012
108 Georgia $831.25 million 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) $825.65 million 2012
109 Nicaragua $804.60 million 2012
110 Niger $793.35 million 2012
111 Gabon $702.41 million 2012
112 Montenegro $618.37 million 2012
113 Guinea $605.40 million 2012
114 Malta $599.29 million 2012
115 Ecuador $591.32 million 2012
116 Lithuania $574.05 million 2012
117 Sierra Leone $548.07 million 2012
118 Cameroon $525.75 million 2012
119 Armenia $489.41 million 2012
120 Cote d'Ivoire $478.40 million 2012
121 El Salvador $466.79 million 2012
122 Zimbabwe $399.50 million 2012
123 Kyrgyzstan $372.19 million 2012
124 Paraguay $363.10 million 2012
125 Mauritius $360.93 million 2012
126 The Bahamas $360.22 million 2012
127 Namibia $357.49 million 2012
128 Barbados $356.37 million 2012
129 Serbia $355.29 million 2012
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina $349.61 million 2012
131 Yemen $348.81 million 2012
132 Senegal $337.67 million 2012
133 Qatar $326.92 million 2012
134 Chad $323.49 million 2012
135 Mali $310.46 million 2012
136 Laos $294.38 million 2012
137 Kosovo $293.20 million 2012
138 Botswana $292.52 million 2012
139 Maldives $283.98 million 2012
140 Republic of Macedonia $282.68 million 2012
141 Ethiopia $278.56 million 2012
142 Guyana $276.12 million 2012
143 Fiji $267.15 million 2012
144 Kenya $258.61 million 2012
145 Jamaica $228.78 million 2012
146 Tajikistan $198.28 million 2012
147 Lesotho $197.76 million 2012
148 Belize $194.20 million 2012
149 Moldova $184.94 million 2012
150 Haiti $178.75 million 2012
151 Togo $166.32 million 2012
152 Rwanda $159.81 million 2012
153 Benin $158.59 million 2012
154 Bermuda $132.76 million 2012
155 Malawi $129.49 million 2012
156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $125.33 million 2012
157 Djibouti $110.00 million 2012
158 Saint Lucia $109.42 million 2012
159 Somalia $107.33 million 2012
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis $100.44 million 2012
161 Afghanistan $94.01 million 2012
162 Nepal $92.00 million 2012
163 Swaziland $89.72 million 2012
164 French Polynesia $87.40 million 2012
165 North Korea $79.00 million 2012
166 Cape Verde $74.06 million 2012
167 Eritrea $73.67 million 2012
168 Central African Republic $71.18 million 2012
169 Antigua and Barbuda $70.86 million 2012
170 Solomon Islands $68.26 million 2012
171 Suriname $65.86 million 2012
172 Curacao $56.93 million 2012
173 Burkina Faso $40.09 million 2012
174 Marshall Islands $38.38 million 2012
175 Vanuatu $37.70 million 2012
176 The Gambia $33.52 million 2012
177 Grenada $30.23 million 2012
178 Papua New Guinea $28.80 million 2012
179 Samoa $23.51 million 2012
180 Sao Tome and Principe $22.47 million 2012
181 Dominica $19.65 million 2012
182 East Timor $18.90 million 2012
183 Comoros $16.97 million 2012
184 Guinea-Bissau $16.23 million 2012
185 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) $13.51 million 2012
186 Seychelles $11.60 million 2012
187 Bhutan $9.62 million 2012
188 Tonga $8.09 million 2012
189 Palau $4.58 million 2012
190 Northern Mariana Islands $4.56 million 2012
191 Federated States of Micronesia $800,000.00 2012
192 Burundi $604,919.65 2012
193 Kiribati $-1,679,659.94 2012
194 Aruba $-139,951,959.81 2012
195 Slovenia $-227,373,077.32 2012
196 Belgium $-1,917,113,506.65 2012
197 Angola $-6,897,954,558.90 2012

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