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Rank	Country	Stock of direct foreign investment - at home (US$)
1	United States	2,571,000,000,000
2	France	1,202,000,000,000
3	Hong Kong	1,155,000,000,000
4	United Kingdom	1,130,000,000,000
5	Belgium	1,068,000,000,000
6	Germany	940,100,000,000
7	China	781,800,000,000
8	Spain	641,500,000,000
9	Netherlands	611,100,000,000
10	Switzerland	606,700,000,000
11	Canada	601,900,000,000
12	Australia	549,100,000,000
13	Russia	542,900,000,000
14	Singapore	497,000,000,000
15	Brazil	435,100,000,000
16	Italy	365,500,000,000
17	Sweden	360,800,000,000
18	Mexico	317,900,000,000
19	Austria	281,400,000,000
20	Ireland	261,300,000,000
21	India	230,000,000,000
22	Saudi Arabia	214,700,000,000
23	Poland	205,100,000,000
24	Norway	182,500,000,000
25	South Africa	159,000,000,000
26	Chile	154,300,000,000
27	Japan	148,600,000,000
28	Thailand	140,700,000,000
29	Czech Republic	134,400,000,000
30	Korea, South	130,300,000,000
31	Denmark	121,400,000,000
32	Malaysia	112,100,000,000
33	Portugal	109,800,000,000
34	Indonesia	104,800,000,000
35	Turkey	102,600,000,000
36	Trinidad and Tobago	102,000,000,000
37	Angola	101,900,000,000
38	Tajikistan	100,300,000,000
39	Colombia	95,810,000,000
40	Finland	92,850,000,000
41	Argentina	92,810,000,000
42	Kazakhstan	92,230,000,000
43	United Arab Emirates	80,730,000,000
44	Niger	76,180,000,000
45	Nigeria	76,180,000,000
46	New Zealand	72,630,000,000
47	Egypt	72,610,000,000
48	Hungary	71,890,000,000
49	Romania	71,710,000,000
50	Israel	66,570,000,000
51	Vietnam	65,820,000,000
52	Taiwan	61,390,000,000
53	Ukraine	60,510,000,000
54	Bulgaria	53,000,000,000
55	Slovakia	52,780,000,000
56	Peru	51,570,000,000
57	Morocco	46,430,000,000
58	Venezuela	45,200,000,000
59	Qatar	38,600,000,000
60	Greece	35,450,000,000
61	Croatia	33,970,000,000
62	Tunisia	32,260,000,000
63	Pakistan	31,360,000,000
64	Philippines	25,690,000,000
65	Serbia	24,400,000,000
66	Algeria	22,500,000,000
67	Jordan	22,420,000,000
68	Dominica	21,380,000,000
69	Dominican Republic	21,380,000,000
70	Kosovo	21,200,000,000
71	Iran	20,150,000,000
72	Malta	17,250,000,000
73	Estonia	16,570,000,000
74	Libya	16,130,000,000
75	Slovenia	16,120,000,000
76	Bahrain	15,940,000,000
77	Costa Rica	15,550,000,000
78	Lithuania	15,010,000,000
79	Latvia	13,560,000,000
80	Ecuador	12,330,000,000
81	Macau	12,100,000,000
82	Luxembourg	11,210,000,000
83	Azerbaijan	10,130,000,000
84	Uruguay	9,304,000,000
85	Iceland	9,200,000,000
86	Georgia	9,133,000,000
87	El Salvador	8,410,000,000
88	Bolivia	7,370,000,000
89	Bangladesh	7,216,000,000
90	Chad	4,500,000,000
91	Macedonia	4,036,000,000
92	Moldova	3,100,000,000
93	Kuwait	2,764,000,000
94	Kenya	2,626,000,000
95	Rwanda	507,300,000
96	Paraguay	3,393,000

Definition: This entry gives the cumulative US dollar value of all investments in the home country made directly by residents - primarily companies - of other countries as of the end of the time period indicated. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase of shares.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

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