Foreign Direct Investment % — 2024

Top Country
Malta
170.05 %
Countries Ranked
235
World Bank data
Data Year
2024
Latest available
Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Foreign Direct Investment

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Malta 170.05 %
2 Luxembourg 113.62 %
3 Cayman Islands 40.92 %
4 Guyana 34.99 %
5 Hong Kong 30.81 %
6 Singapore 23.58 %
7 Palau 21.49 %
8 Mozambique 15.42 %
9 Suriname 15.08 %
10 Namibia 14.18 %
11 Mauritania 13.24 %
12 Grenada 12.13 %
13 Timor-Leste 12.09 %
14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.01 %
15 Egypt 11.97 %
16 Mongolia 11.69 %
17 Oman 11.64 %
18 CSS 11.45 %
19 Maldives 11.42 %
20 Antigua and Barbuda 11.36 %
21 Seychelles 10.15 %
22 Liberia 9.87 %
23 Gambia 9.66 %
24 Cambodia 9.48 %
25 Zambia 9.32 %
26 Dominica 8.70 %
27 Iceland 8.54 %
28 New Caledonia 8.49 %
29 United Arab Emirates 8.26 %
30 XKX 7.67 %
31 Montenegro 7.24 %
32 Saint Lucia 7.16 %
33 Lebanon 7.09 %
34 Nicaragua 6.87 %
35 Andorra 6.64 %
36 Somalia 6.39 %
37 Albania 6.33 %
38 Senegal 6.27 %
39 North Macedonia 6.23 %
40 Serbia 6.20 %
41 Uganda 6.04 %
42 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.99 %
43 Bahrain 5.72 %
44 Guinea 5.61 %
45 Costa Rica 5.59 %
46 Lithuania 5.50 %
47 Gabon 5.48 %
48 Chad 5.12 %
49 Sweden 5.08 %
50 Croatia 4.88 %
51 Georgia 4.69 %
52 Marshall Islands 4.69 %
53 Mauritius 4.56 %
54 Curaçao 4.35 %
55 Portugal 4.30 %
56 Denmark 4.30 %
57 HPC 4.24 %
58 Viet Nam 4.23 %
59 Cabo Verde 4.05 %
60 Belize 4.01 %
61 Barbados 3.99 %
62 Chile 3.98 %
63 Czechia 3.89 %
64 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 3.85 %
65 Congo 3.84 %
66 Macao 3.82 %
67 MEA 3.82 %
68 Rwanda 3.79 %
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.75 %
70 Turkmenistan 3.72 %
71 Malaysia 3.69 %
72 ARB 3.64 %
73 Dominican Republic 3.60 %
74 Côte d'Ivoire 3.58 %
75 Slovakia 3.56 %
76 Madagascar 3.45 %
77 Mali 3.44 %
78 Latvia 3.44 %
79 Fiji 3.41 %
80 Brazil 3.39 %
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.38 %
82 Colombia 3.25 %
83 IDX 3.11 %
84 Australia 3.06 %
85 El Salvador 3.01 %
86 Finland 2.93 %
87 PSS 2.89 %
88 LCN 2.87 %
89 TLA 2.83 %
90 Jordan 2.79 %
91 Canada 2.78 %
92 Israel 2.73 %
93 LAC 2.72 %
94 Thailand 2.70 %
95 Bulgaria 2.69 %
96 Ethiopia 2.69 %
97 Greece 2.63 %
98 Slovenia 2.56 %
99 Austria 2.55 %
100 Benin 2.53 %
101 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.52 %
102 Moldova, Republic of 2.52 %
103 Mexico 2.48 %
104 Spain 2.48 %
105 Aruba 2.48 %
106 LDC 2.46 %
107 Paraguay 2.45 %
108 Uzbekistan 2.45 %
109 AFW 2.43 %
110 Botswana 2.42 %
111 Norway 2.42 %
112 TMN 2.41 %
113 Panama 2.41 %
114 MNA 2.40 %
115 IDA 2.38 %
116 Kiribati 2.35 %
117 Peru 2.30 %
118 Malawi 2.28 %
119 SSF 2.25 %
120 TSS 2.25 %
121 Poland 2.25 %
122 SSA 2.24 %
123 Vanuatu 2.22 %
124 Belarus 2.21 %
125 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.17 %
126 AFE 2.14 %
127 Ghana 2.12 %
128 Ukraine 2.11 %
129 Solomon Islands 2.08 %
130 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.06 %
131 Philippines 2.04 %
132 Tajikistan 2.02 %
133 Romania 1.87 %
134 Argentina 1.82 %
135 Niger 1.81 %
136 EMU 1.75 %
137 Sierra Leone 1.75 %
138 EAR 1.74 %
139 Indonesia 1.74 %
140 Saudi Arabia 1.70 %
141 Cameroon 1.67 %
142 SST 1.66 %
143 France 1.65 %
144 EUU 1.64 %
145 Djibouti 1.63 %
146 Guatemala 1.63 %
147 Eswatini 1.55 %
148 PRE 1.55 %
149 EAS 1.55 %
150 ECA 1.55 %
151 Bahamas 1.52 %
152 PST 1.48 %
153 Myanmar 1.48 %
154 Tunisia 1.48 %
155 Central African Republic 1.47 %
156 Equatorial Guinea 1.42 %
157 Kyrgyzstan 1.41 %
158 Jamaica 1.39 %
159 WLD 1.36 %
160 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.35 %
161 Germany 1.34 %
162 IDB 1.30 %
163 Honduras 1.29 %
164 Bermuda 1.28 %
165 Guinea-Bissau 1.21 %
166 Italy 1.20 %
167 IBT 1.18 %
168 LMY 1.18 %
169 MIC 1.15 %
170 NAC 1.14 %
171 Zimbabwe 1.12 %
172 OED 1.11 %
173 IBD 1.10 %
174 Burundi 1.10 %
175 Morocco 1.09 %
176 TEC 1.04 %
177 United States 1.01 %
178 Palestine, State of 1.01 %
179 LTE 0.89 %
180 Türkiye 0.86 %
181 Ireland 0.79 %
182 Togo 0.79 %
183 Sri Lanka 0.76 %
184 India 0.72 %
185 Kazakhstan 0.72 %
186 Pakistan 0.72 %
187 SAS 0.69 %
188 TSA 0.69 %
189 Korea, Republic of 0.69 %
190 ECS 0.68 %
191 New Zealand 0.67 %
192 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.65 %
193 Nigeria 0.64 %
194 TEA 0.61 %
195 EAP 0.61 %
196 South Africa 0.58 %
197 Armenia 0.51 %
198 Algeria 0.46 %
199 Tuvalu 0.45 %
200 Japan 0.45 %
201 Comoros 0.44 %
202 Kenya 0.38 %
203 Kuwait 0.38 %
204 Ecuador 0.36 %
205 Samoa 0.32 %
206 Azerbaijan 0.31 %
207 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.30 %
208 Bangladesh 0.28 %
209 China 0.23 %
210 Qatar 0.21 %
211 Brunei Darussalam 0.19 %
212 Nepal 0.13 %
213 Bhutan 0.08 %
214 Haiti 0.08 %
215 CEB -0.11 %
216 French Polynesia -0.22 %
217 United Kingdom -0.35 %
218 Russian Federation -0.43 %
219 Lesotho -0.53 %
220 Papua New Guinea -0.64 %
221 Burkina Faso -0.87 %
222 Angola -1.08 %
223 Netherlands -1.41 %
224 Trinidad and Tobago -1.77 %
225 Tonga -1.87 %
226 Sao Tome and Principe -2.02 %
227 OSS -2.70 %
228 Iraq -2.74 %
229 Nauru -3.48 %
230 Uruguay -4.78 %
231 Belgium -6.16 %
232 Estonia -7.97 %
233 Switzerland -11.18 %
234 Hungary -27.51 %
235 Cyprus -133.82 %
About This Indicator

Foreign direct investment is 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, and is divided by GDP.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators
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