Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking
Definition: 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 total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 124,078,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | United States | 100,394,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 94,046,720,000.00 | 2021 |
| 4 | Japan | 89,590,430,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Korea | 44,000,100,000.00 | 2021 |
| 6 | France | 40,314,070,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Canada | 30,271,670,000.00 | 2021 |
| 8 | Thailand | 23,847,430,000.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Spain | 22,345,530,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Italy | 22,014,070,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Austria | 9,964,589,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Macao SAR, China | 8,832,411,000.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Denmark | 7,503,622,000.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Qatar | 5,164,011,000.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Sweden | 5,036,021,000.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Kuwait | 3,711,975,000.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Iraq | 3,295,100,000.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Chile | 3,196,844,000.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Slovak Republic | 2,191,002,000.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Angola | 1,956,983,000.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 1,403,989,000.00 | 2018 |
| 22 | Congo | 1,146,360,000.00 | 2016 |
| 23 | Bolivia | 1,014,235,000.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Iceland | 673,638,300.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Kyrgyz Republic | 582,405,200.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Estonia | 453,420,300.00 | 2021 |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 318,126,200.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Namibia | 214,187,200.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Zambia | 208,186,900.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 206,355,200.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 91,638,980.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 24,258,330.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 3,602,275.00 | 1994 |
| 34 | Bhutan | 2,786,961.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Samoa | 382,258.20 | 2020 |
| 36 | Nauru | 252,552.60 | 2018 |
| 37 | Yemen | 0.00 | 2016 |
| 37 | Tuvalu | 0.00 | 2019 |
| 39 | Suriname | -348,843.40 | 2020 |
| 40 | Burundi | -983,747.10 | 2018 |
| 41 | Kiribati | -2,512,230.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Tonga | -3,615,730.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Comoros | -3,873,525.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | -5,653,418.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | St. Kitts and Nevis | -9,957,031.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | -20,675,430.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Dominica | -22,366,500.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Vanuatu | -22,773,630.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Gabon | -25,253,210.00 | 2015 |
| 50 | Chad | -26,512,740.00 | 1994 |
| 51 | Lesotho | -26,632,260.00 | 2021 |
| 52 | Venezuela | -27,000,000.00 | 2016 |
| 53 | Palau | -27,484,630.00 | 2017 |
| 54 | Eritrea | -27,875,540.00 | 2000 |
| 55 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -28,357,650.00 | 2020 |
| 56 | Tajikistan | -36,199,830.00 | 2020 |
| 57 | Iran | -39,000,000.00 | 2000 |
| 58 | São Tomé and Principe | -46,258,740.00 | 2020 |
| 59 | Haiti | -51,299,000.00 | 2021 |
| 60 | Togo | -53,056,160.00 | 2020 |
| 61 | Eswatini | -58,142,400.00 | 2020 |
| 62 | Cabo Verde | -62,683,310.00 | 2020 |
| 63 | Malawi | -63,914,740.00 | 2020 |
| 64 | Belize | -71,774,620.00 | 2020 |
| 65 | Timor-Leste | -72,378,580.00 | 2020 |
| 66 | St. Lucia | -74,237,630.00 | 2020 |
| 67 | Armenia | -74,462,450.00 | 2020 |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | -81,692,110.00 | 2020 |
| 69 | Liberia | -86,681,700.00 | 2019 |
| 70 | Botswana | -96,993,450.00 | 2020 |
| 71 | Rwanda | -99,915,140.00 | 2020 |
| 72 | Libya | -101,900,000.00 | 2019 |
| 73 | Paraguay | -120,046,000.00 | 2020 |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | -135,110,800.00 | 2020 |
| 75 | Nicaragua | -142,800,000.00 | 2020 |
| 76 | Grenada | -149,297,200.00 | 2020 |
| 77 | Moldova | -151,720,000.00 | 2020 |
| 78 | Benin | -152,493,300.00 | 2020 |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | -153,860,000.00 | 2020 |
| 80 | Djibouti | -158,230,000.00 | 2020 |
| 81 | Guinea | -173,990,000.00 | 2020 |
| 82 | Seychelles | -182,352,600.00 | 2020 |
| 83 | Nepal | -196,326,000.00 | 2021 |
| 84 | El Salvador | -201,183,700.00 | 2020 |
| 85 | Fiji | -225,916,600.00 | 2020 |
| 86 | Madagascar | -239,373,700.00 | 2020 |
| 87 | The Gambia | -255,209,000.00 | 2021 |
| 88 | Jamaica | -258,407,900.00 | 2020 |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | -277,350,400.00 | 2018 |
| 90 | Andorra | -320,300,900.00 | 2019 |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -330,952,200.00 | 2020 |
| 92 | Niger | -345,661,500.00 | 2020 |
| 93 | Honduras | -371,860,500.00 | 2020 |
| 94 | The Bahamas | -374,764,300.00 | 2020 |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | -376,180,400.00 | 1996 |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | -419,326,600.00 | 2020 |
| 97 | Barbados | -463,025,700.00 | 2016 |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | -488,293,100.00 | 2020 |
| 99 | Kenya | -503,912,900.00 | 2020 |
| 100 | North Macedonia | -510,243,500.00 | 2021 |
| 101 | Mali | -535,696,800.00 | 2020 |
| 102 | Georgia | -549,102,500.00 | 2020 |
| 103 | Brunei | -565,542,300.00 | 2020 |
| 104 | Cameroon | -590,772,000.00 | 2020 |
| 105 | Tunisia | -592,172,000.00 | 2020 |
| 106 | Slovenia | -628,347,700.00 | 2021 |
| 107 | Lithuania | -628,994,600.00 | 2020 |
| 108 | Panama | -645,309,100.00 | 2020 |
| 109 | Montenegro | -649,107,000.00 | 2021 |
| 110 | Tanzania | -684,887,700.00 | 2020 |
| 111 | Jordan | -691,690,100.00 | 2020 |
| 112 | New Caledonia | -702,858,400.00 | 2016 |
| 113 | Côte d'Ivoire | -711,587,300.00 | 2020 |
| 114 | Sudan | -716,939,700.00 | 2020 |
| 115 | Guatemala | -726,660,000.00 | 2020 |
| 116 | Croatia | -751,331,500.00 | 2020 |
| 117 | Senegal | -795,033,200.00 | 2018 |
| 118 | Uganda | -873,468,200.00 | 2020 |
| 119 | Peru | -878,141,400.00 | 2020 |
| 120 | Uruguay | -884,857,400.00 | 2020 |
| 121 | Mauritania | -927,916,300.00 | 2020 |
| 122 | Lao PDR | -967,706,100.00 | 2020 |
| 123 | Albania | -1,019,648,000.00 | 2020 |
| 124 | Algeria | -1,111,242,000.00 | 2020 |
| 125 | Germany | -1,131,357,000.00 | 2020 |
| 126 | Ecuador | -1,150,242,000.00 | 2020 |
| 127 | Guyana | -1,180,922,000.00 | 2020 |
| 128 | Morocco | -1,269,586,000.00 | 2020 |
| 129 | Belarus | -1,317,868,000.00 | 2021 |
| 130 | Ghana | -1,333,369,000.00 | 2020 |
| 131 | Bangladesh | -1,344,066,000.00 | 2021 |
| 132 | Syrian Arab Republic | -1,469,197,000.00 | 2010 |
| 133 | Dem. Rep. Congo | -1,498,085,000.00 | 2020 |
| 134 | Costa Rica | -1,644,266,000.00 | 2020 |
| 135 | Cayman Islands | -1,653,410,000.00 | 2019 |
| 136 | Mongolia | -1,693,149,000.00 | 2020 |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | -1,720,199,000.00 | 2020 |
| 138 | Myanmar | -1,735,589,000.00 | 2019 |
| 139 | Belgium | -1,865,624,000.00 | 2020 |
| 140 | Pakistan | -1,935,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 141 | Latvia | -1,973,135,000.00 | 2021 |
| 142 | Oman | -2,325,097,000.00 | 2020 |
| 143 | Ethiopia | -2,395,800,000.00 | 2020 |
| 144 | Bulgaria | -2,407,150,000.00 | 2020 |
| 145 | Dominican Republic | -2,554,300,000.00 | 2020 |
| 146 | Greece | -2,655,347,000.00 | 2020 |
| 147 | Nigeria | -2,723,147,000.00 | 2020 |
| 148 | Argentina | -2,725,228,000.00 | 2020 |
| 149 | Hungary | -2,803,286,000.00 | 2020 |
| 150 | Lebanon | -2,807,869,000.00 | 2020 |
| 151 | Mauritius | -2,833,609,000.00 | 2020 |
| 152 | Mozambique | -3,034,562,000.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Czech Republic | -3,152,165,000.00 | 2020 |
| 154 | New Zealand | -3,360,241,000.00 | 2020 |
| 155 | Serbia | -3,369,290,000.00 | 2020 |
| 156 | Romania | -3,403,789,000.00 | 2020 |
| 157 | Cambodia | -3,497,632,000.00 | 2020 |
| 158 | Russia | -3,631,810,000.00 | 2020 |
| 159 | Cyprus | -4,470,212,000.00 | 2020 |
| 160 | South Africa | -5,159,917,000.00 | 2020 |
| 161 | Egypt | -5,525,300,000.00 | 2020 |
| 162 | Finland | -5,546,558,000.00 | 2021 |
| 163 | Colombia | -6,040,633,000.00 | 2021 |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | -6,056,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 165 | Ukraine | -6,747,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 166 | Australia | -7,165,411,000.00 | 2020 |
| 167 | Norway | -7,241,377,000.00 | 2020 |
| 168 | Turkey | -7,697,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 169 | Malaysia | -7,863,334,000.00 | 2021 |
| 170 | Philippines | -8,116,272,000.00 | 2021 |
| 171 | Portugal | -9,411,953,000.00 | 2021 |
| 172 | Malta | -11,124,460,000.00 | 2020 |
| 173 | Poland | -12,505,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 174 | Vietnam | -15,420,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 175 | Indonesia | -16,485,730,000.00 | 2021 |
| 176 | Israel | -19,902,600,000.00 | 2021 |
| 177 | Mexico | -24,990,970,000.00 | 2020 |
| 178 | Brazil | -27,284,590,000.00 | 2021 |
| 179 | Hong Kong SAR, China | -34,029,270,000.00 | 2020 |
| 180 | Netherlands | -50,907,140,000.00 | 2020 |
| 181 | India | -53,239,700,000.00 | 2020 |
| 182 | Singapore | -58,095,470,000.00 | 2021 |
| 183 | United Kingdom | -84,325,900,000.00 | 2020 |
| 184 | China | -102,554,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 185 | Ireland | -124,509,000,000.00 | 2020 |
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Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial ass
