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Percent of world Foreign Direct Investment, 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 185 countries was 0.54 percent.The highest value was in China: 23.25 percent and the lowest value was in Switzerland: -23.64 percent. The indicator is available from 1993 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Percent of world FDI, 2020 Global rank Available data
China 23.25 1 1993 - 2020
Hungary 15.74 2 1993 - 2020
USA 13.68 3 1993 - 2020
Germany 13.12 4 1993 - 2020
Hong Kong 10.79 5 1993 - 2020
Luxembourg 9.39 6 2002 - 2020
Singapore 6.87 7 1993 - 2020
India 5.91 8 1993 - 2020
Japan 5.65 9 1993 - 2020
Brazil 3.47 10 1993 - 2020
Spain 3.1 11 1993 - 2020
Ireland 2.98 12 1993 - 2020
Mexico 2.88 13 1993 - 2020
UK 2.85 14 1993 - 2020
Canada 2.44 15 1993 - 2020
Israel 2.23 16 1993 - 2020
UA Emirates 1.83 17 1993 - 2020
Indonesia 1.76 18 1993 - 2020
Australia 1.72 19 1993 - 2020
Sweden 1.68 20 1993 - 2020
Poland 1.6 21 1993 - 2020
Vietnam 1.45 22 1993 - 2020
France 1.35 23 1993 - 2020
Russia 0.87 24 1993 - 2020
South Korea 0.81 25 1993 - 2020
Chile 0.78 26 1993 - 2020
Czechia 0.78 27 1993 - 2020
Turkey 0.72 28 1993 - 2020
Colombia 0.69 29 1993 - 2020
Kazakhstan 0.66 30 1993 - 2020
Philippines 0.63 31 1993 - 2020
Egypt 0.54 32 1993 - 2020
Saudi Arabia 0.5 33 1993 - 2020
Argentina 0.43 34 1993 - 2020
Lithuania 0.41 35 1993 - 2020
Malta 0.41 36 1993 - 2020
Malaysia 0.37 37 1993 - 2020
New Zealand 0.37 38 1993 - 2020
Portugal 0.35 39 1993 - 2020
Bulgaria 0.33 40 1993 - 2020
Cambodia 0.33 41 1993 - 2020
Romania 0.33 42 1993 - 2020
Estonia 0.32 43 1993 - 2020
Serbia 0.32 44 2007 - 2020
Greece 0.3 45 1993 - 2020
Mozambique 0.29 46 1993 - 2020
South Africa 0.29 47 1993 - 2020
Lebanon 0.26 48 1993 - 2020
Oman 0.26 49 1993 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 0.23 50 1993 - 2020
Ethiopia 0.22 51 1993 - 2020
Nigeria 0.22 52 1993 - 2020
Costa Rica 0.19 53 1993 - 2020
Pakistan 0.19 54 1993 - 2020
Burma 0.18 55 1993 - 2020
Ghana 0.17 56 1993 - 2020
Senegal 0.17 57 1993 - 2020
Gabon 0.16 58 1993 - 2020
Mongolia 0.16 59 1993 - 2020
Uzbekistan 0.16 60 1993 - 2020
Denmark 0.15 61 1993 - 2020
Bangladesh 0.14 62 1993 - 2020
DR Congo 0.14 63 1993 - 2020
Belarus 0.13 64 1993 - 2020
Morocco 0.13 65 1993 - 2020
Iran 0.12 66 1993 - 2020
Croatia 0.11 67 1993 - 2020
Guyana 0.11 68 1993 - 2020
Turkmenistan 0.11 69 1993 - 2020
Albania 0.1 70 1993 - 2020
Algeria 0.1 71 1993 - 2020
Ecuador 0.1 72 1993 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 0.1 73 1993 - 2020
Bahrain 0.09 74 1993 - 2020
Guatemala 0.09 75 1993 - 2020
Laos 0.09 76 1993 - 2020
Latvia 0.09 77 1993 - 2020
Mauritania 0.09 78 1993 - 2020
Uganda 0.08 79 1993 - 2020
Ivory Coast 0.07 80 1993 - 2020
Jordan 0.07 81 1993 - 2020
Nicaragua 0.07 82 1993 - 2020
Peru 0.07 83 1993 - 2020
Sudan 0.07 84 1993 - 2020
Cameroon 0.06 85 1993 - 2020
Tanzania 0.06 86 1993 - 2020
Azerbaijan 0.05 87 1993 - 2020
Brunei 0.05 88 1993 - 2020
Chad 0.05 89 1993 - 2020
Eq. Guinea 0.05 90 1993 - 2020
Georgia 0.05 91 1993 - 2020
Mali 0.05 92 1993 - 2020
Montenegro 0.05 93 2007 - 2020
Slovenia 0.05 94 1993 - 2020
Tunisia 0.05 95 1993 - 2020
Bahamas 0.04 96 1993 - 2020
Bermuda 0.04 97 1997 - 2020
Bosnia & Herz. 0.04 98 1998 - 2020
Kenya 0.04 99 1993 - 2020
Maldives 0.04 100 1993 - 2020
Somalia 0.04 101 1993 - 2020
Sri Lanka 0.04 102 1993 - 2020
Uruguay 0.04 103 1993 - 2020
El Salvador 0.03 104 1993 - 2020
Madagascar 0.03 105 1993 - 2020
Niger 0.03 106 1993 - 2020
Ukraine 0.03 107 1993 - 2020
Aruba 0.02 108 1993 - 2020
Barbados 0.02 109 1993 - 2020
Benin 0.02 110 1993 - 2020
Fiji 0.02 111 1993 - 2020
Gambia 0.02 112 1993 - 2020
Guinea 0.02 113 1993 - 2020
Honduras 0.02 114 1993 - 2020
Jamaica 0.02 115 1993 - 2020
Mauritius 0.02 116 1993 - 2020
Seychelles 0.02 117 1993 - 2020
Ant.& Barb. 0.01 118 1993 - 2020
Armenia 0.01 119 1993 - 2020
Belize 0.01 120 1993 - 2020
Djibouti 0.01 121 1993 - 2020
Eritrea 0.01 122 1993 - 2020
Grenada 0.01 123 1993 - 2020
Liberia 0.01 124 1993 - 2020
Moldova 0.01 125 1993 - 2020
Nepal 0.01 126 1993 - 2020
Palestine 0.01 127 1995 - 2020
Papua N.G. 0.01 128 1993 - 2020
Paraguay 0.01 129 1993 - 2020
Rwanda 0.01 130 1993 - 2020
Sierra Leone 0.01 131 1993 - 2020
Tajikistan 0.01 132 1993 - 2020
Zimbabwe 0.01 133 1993 - 2020
Afghanistan 0 134 1993 - 2020
Bhutan -0 135 1995 - 2020
Botswana 0 136 1993 - 2020
Burundi 0 137 1993 - 2020
Cape Verde 0 138 1993 - 2020
C.A. Republic 0 139 1993 - 2020
Comoros 0 140 1993 - 2020
Dominica 0 141 1993 - 2020
G.-Bissau 0 142 1993 - 2020
Haiti 0 143 1993 - 2020
Kiribati 0 144 1993 - 2020
Lesotho 0 145 1993 - 2020
Malawi 0 146 1993 - 2020
North Korea 0 147 1993 - 2020
North Macedonia 0 148 1994 - 2020
Palau 0 149 1995 - 2020
Saint Lucia 0 150 1993 - 2020
St. Vincent & ... 0 151 1993 - 2020
Samoa 0 152 1993 - 2020
S.T.&Principe 0 153 1993 - 2020
Solomon Isl. 0 154 1993 - 2020
Suriname 0 155 1993 - 2020
Swaziland 0 156 1993 - 2020
Tonga 0 157 1993 - 2020
Tuvalu 0 158 2001 - 2020
Vanuatu 0 159 1993 - 2020
Burkina Faso -0.01 160 1993 - 2020
Namibia -0.01 161 1993 - 2020
Togo -0.01 162 1993 - 2020
Zambia -0.02 163 1993 - 2020
Cyprus -0.03 164 1993 - 2020
Slovakia -0.03 165 1993 - 2020
Kyrgyzstan -0.04 166 1993 - 2020
Venezuela -0.04 167 1993 - 2020
Kuwait -0.05 168 1993 - 2020
N. Caledonia -0.05 169 2000 - 2020
Iceland -0.08 170 1993 - 2020
Bolivia -0.1 171 1993 - 2020
Angola -0.17 172 1993 - 2020
R. of Congo -0.18 173 1993 - 2020
Panama -0.2 174 1993 - 2020
Finland -0.22 175 1993 - 2020
Qatar -0.22 176 1993 - 2020
Iraq -0.29 177 1993 - 2020
Norway -0.38 178 1993 - 2020
Thailand -0.45 179 1993 - 2020
Macao -0.65 180 1993 - 2020
Belgium -1.61 181 1993 - 2020
Austria -1.67 182 1993 - 2020
Italy -2.03 183 1993 - 2020
Netherlands -21.79 184 1993 - 2020
Switzerland -23.64 185 1993 - 2020

Economic outlook around the world

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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