Percent of world FDI - Country rankings
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Percent of world Foreign Direct Investment, 2023:
The average for 2023 based on 173 countries was 0.58 percent. The highest value was in the USA: 44.9 percent and the lowest value was in the Netherlands: -39.78 percent. The indicator is available from 1993 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries | Percent of world FDI, 2023 | Global rank | Available data |
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USA | 44.9 | 1 | 1993 - 2023 |
Singapore | 22.56 | 2 | 1993 - 2023 |
Hong Kong | 14.3 | 3 | 1993 - 2023 |
Brazil | 8.27 | 4 | 1993 - 2023 |
Canada | 6.15 | 5 | 1993 - 2023 |
Spain | 5.53 | 6 | 1993 - 2023 |
China | 5.5 | 7 | 1993 - 2023 |
Italy | 5.41 | 8 | 1993 - 2023 |
Poland | 4.42 | 9 | 1993 - 2023 |
Australia | 4.18 | 10 | 1993 - 2023 |
Mexico | 3.89 | 11 | 1993 - 2023 |
India | 3.61 | 12 | 1993 - 2023 |
Malta | 3.24 | 13 | 1993 - 2023 |
Argentina | 3.07 | 14 | 1993 - 2023 |
Sweden | 2.96 | 15 | 1993 - 2023 |
UA Emirates | 2.87 | 16 | 1993 - 2023 |
Indonesia | 2.84 | 17 | 1993 - 2023 |
Chile | 2.8 | 18 | 1993 - 2023 |
Japan | 2.57 | 19 | 1993 - 2023 |
Germany | 2.51 | 20 | 1993 - 2023 |
Vietnam | 2.38 | 21 | 1996 - 2023 |
Colombia | 2.21 | 22 | 1993 - 2023 |
Israel | 1.95 | 23 | 1993 - 2023 |
South Korea | 1.95 | 24 | 1993 - 2023 |
Oman | 1.61 | 25 | 1993 - 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | 1.59 | 26 | 1993 - 2023 |
Turkey | 1.41 | 27 | 1993 - 2023 |
Norway | 1.38 | 28 | 1993 - 2023 |
Egypt | 1.27 | 29 | 1993 - 2023 |
Portugal | 1.25 | 30 | 1993 - 2023 |
Philippines | 1.17 | 31 | 1993 - 2023 |
France | 1.13 | 32 | 1993 - 2023 |
Romania | 1.12 | 33 | 1993 - 2023 |
Czechia | 1.06 | 34 | 1993 - 2023 |
Malaysia | 1.02 | 35 | 1993 - 2023 |
Bahrain | 0.88 | 36 | 1993 - 2023 |
Thailand | 0.84 | 37 | 1993 - 2023 |
Kazakhstan | 0.7 | 38 | 1994 - 2023 |
Estonia | 0.69 | 39 | 1993 - 2023 |
Serbia | 0.63 | 40 | 2007 - 2023 |
Ukraine | 0.62 | 41 | 1994 - 2023 |
Domin. Rep. | 0.61 | 42 | 1993 - 2023 |
Greece | 0.61 | 43 | 1993 - 2023 |
Costa Rica | 0.6 | 44 | 1993 - 2023 |
Denmark | 0.59 | 45 | 1993 - 2023 |
Bulgaria | 0.52 | 46 | 1993 - 2023 |
Cambodia | 0.51 | 47 | 1993 - 2023 |
Peru | 0.5 | 48 | 1993 - 2023 |
Lithuania | 0.49 | 49 | 1993 - 2023 |
New Zealand | 0.46 | 50 | 1993 - 2023 |
South Africa | 0.44 | 51 | 1993 - 2023 |
Croatia | 0.43 | 52 | 1993 - 2023 |
Ethiopia | 0.42 | 53 | 2005 - 2023 |
Uganda | 0.39 | 54 | 1993 - 2023 |
Austria | 0.38 | 55 | 1993 - 2023 |
Mozambique | 0.35 | 56 | 1993 - 2023 |
DR Congo | 0.31 | 57 | 1993 - 2023 |
Namibia | 0.3 | 58 | 1993 - 2023 |
Panama | 0.3 | 59 | 1993 - 2023 |
Mongolia | 0.29 | 60 | 1993 - 2023 |
Uzbekistan | 0.28 | 61 | 2005 - 2023 |
Georgia | 0.27 | 62 | 1997 - 2023 |
Kuwait | 0.27 | 63 | 1993 - 2023 |
Belarus | 0.26 | 64 | 1993 - 2023 |
Pakistan | 0.26 | 65 | 1993 - 2023 |
Nigeria | 0.24 | 66 | 1993 - 2023 |
Laos | 0.23 | 67 | 1993 - 2023 |
Latvia | 0.22 | 68 | 1993 - 2023 |
Albania | 0.21 | 69 | 1993 - 2023 |
Tanzania | 0.21 | 70 | 1993 - 2023 |
Guatemala | 0.2 | 71 | 1993 - 2023 |
Slovenia | 0.19 | 72 | 1993 - 2023 |
Bangladesh | 0.18 | 73 | 1993 - 2023 |
Venezuela | 0.18 | 74 | 1993 - 2023 |
Ghana | 0.17 | 75 | 1995 - 2023 |
Guinea | 0.17 | 76 | 1993 - 2023 |
Algeria | 0.16 | 77 | 1993 - 2023 |
Nicaragua | 0.16 | 78 | 1993 - 2023 |
Honduras | 0.14 | 79 | 1993 - 2023 |
Morocco | 0.14 | 80 | 1993 - 2023 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 0.13 | 81 | 1998 - 2023 |
Jordan | 0.11 | 82 | 1993 - 2023 |
Mauritania | 0.11 | 83 | 1993 - 2023 |
Maldives | 0.1 | 84 | 1993 - 2023 |
Botswana | 0.09 | 85 | 1993 - 2023 |
Iceland | 0.09 | 86 | 1993 - 2023 |
Kenya | 0.09 | 87 | 1993 - 2023 |
Sri Lanka | 0.09 | 88 | 1993 - 2023 |
Tunisia | 0.09 | 89 | 1993 - 2023 |
El Salvador | 0.08 | 90 | 1993 - 2023 |
Lebanon | 0.08 | 91 | 1993 - 2023 |
North Macedonia | 0.08 | 92 | 1996 - 2023 |
Armenia | 0.07 | 93 | 1993 - 2023 |
Macao | 0.07 | 94 | 2001 - 2023 |
Montenegro | 0.07 | 95 | 2007 - 2023 |
Zimbabwe | 0.07 | 96 | 1993 - 2023 |
Rwanda | 0.06 | 97 | 2007 - 2023 |
Ecuador | 0.05 | 98 | 1993 - 2023 |
Jamaica | 0.05 | 99 | 1993 - 2023 |
Moldova | 0.05 | 100 | 1994 - 2023 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0.04 | 101 | 1993 - 2023 |
Bahamas | 0.04 | 102 | 1993 - 2023 |
Bolivia | 0.04 | 103 | 1993 - 2023 |
Azerbaijan | 0.03 | 104 | 1995 - 2023 |
Gambia | 0.03 | 105 | 1993 - 2023 |
Ivory Coast | 0.03 | 106 | 1994 - 2023 |
Malawi | 0.03 | 107 | 1994 - 2023 |
Paraguay | 0.03 | 108 | 1993 - 2023 |
Seychelles | 0.03 | 109 | 1993 - 2023 |
Sierra Leone | 0.03 | 110 | 1993 - 2023 |
Cape Verde | 0.02 | 111 | 1993 - 2023 |
Djibouti | 0.02 | 112 | 1993 - 2023 |
Grenada | 0.02 | 113 | 1993 - 2023 |
Madagascar | 0.02 | 114 | 1993 - 2023 |
Saint Lucia | 0.02 | 115 | 1993 - 2023 |
Tajikistan | 0.02 | 116 | 2002 - 2023 |
Aruba | 0.01 | 117 | 1993 - 2023 |
Benin | 0.01 | 118 | 1993 - 2023 |
Iran | 0.01 | 119 | 1993 - 2023 |
Liberia | 0.01 | 120 | 1993 - 2023 |
Nepal | 0.01 | 121 | 1993 - 2023 |
N. Caledonia | 0.01 | 122 | 2000 - 2023 |
Niger | 0.01 | 123 | 1993 - 2023 |
Palestine | 0.01 | 124 | 1995 - 2023 |
Papua N.G. | 0.01 | 125 | 1993 - 2023 |
St. Vincent & ... | 0.01 | 126 | 1993 - 2023 |
Senegal | 0.01 | 127 | 1993 - 2023 |
Solomon Isl. | 0.01 | 128 | 1993 - 2023 |
Zambia | 0.01 | 129 | 1997 - 2023 |
Barbados | 0 | 130 | 1993 - 2023 |
Belize | 0 | 131 | 1993 - 2023 |
Bermuda | 0 | 132 | 1997 - 2023 |
Bhutan | 0 | 133 | 2006 - 2023 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 134 | 1993 - 2023 |
Burundi | 0 | 135 | 1993 - 2023 |
Comoros | 0 | 136 | 1993 - 2023 |
Dominica | 0 | 137 | 1993 - 2023 |
Fiji | 0 | 138 | 1993 - 2023 |
G.-Bissau | 0 | 139 | 1996 - 2023 |
Guyana | 0 | 140 | 1993 - 2023 |
Haiti | 0 | 141 | 1993 - 2023 |
Kiribati | 0 | 142 | 1993 - 2023 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 143 | 1993 - 2023 |
Lesotho | -0 | 144 | 1993 - 2023 |
Mali | 0 | 145 | 1993 - 2023 |
Mauritius | 0 | 146 | 1993 - 2023 |
R. of Congo | 0 | 147 | 1993 - 2023 |
Samoa | 0 | 148 | 2003 - 2023 |
S.T.&Principe | -0 | 149 | 1997 - 2023 |
Swaziland | 0 | 150 | 1993 - 2023 |
Tonga | 0 | 151 | 1993 - 2023 |
Vanuatu | 0 | 152 | 1993 - 2023 |
Brunei | -0.01 | 153 | 2001 - 2023 |
Cameroon | -0.01 | 154 | 1993 - 2023 |
Suriname | -0.01 | 155 | 2005 - 2023 |
Togo | -0.01 | 156 | 1993 - 2023 |
Libya | -0.02 | 157 | 1993 - 2023 |
Finland | -0.03 | 158 | 1993 - 2023 |
Slovakia | -0.04 | 159 | 1993 - 2023 |
Qatar | -0.06 | 160 | 1993 - 2023 |
Tr.&Tobago | -0.2 | 161 | 1993 - 2023 |
Angola | -0.27 | 162 | 1993 - 2023 |
Belgium | -0.36 | 163 | 1993 - 2023 |
Iraq | -0.69 | 164 | 2005 - 2023 |
Uruguay | -0.71 | 165 | 1993 - 2023 |
Cyprus | -1.15 | 166 | 1993 - 2023 |
Russia | -1.29 | 167 | 1993 - 2023 |
Luxembourg | -3.05 | 168 | 2002 - 2023 |
Switzerland | -6.78 | 169 | 1993 - 2023 |
Hungary | -9.3 | 170 | 1993 - 2023 |
UK | -11.51 | 171 | 1993 - 2023 |
Ireland | -18.02 | 172 | 1993 - 2023 |
Netherlands | -39.78 | 173 | 1993 - 2023 |
Definition: Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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