Countries by foreign direct investment, net inflows

Cayman Islands had the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows of 196 countries in 2014, at 1,009.03% of GDP. Turks and Caicos Islands had the lowest, at -7.27% of GDP. The median was 2.83% of GDP and the figure for the World was 2.41% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,009.03Cayman Islands

Lowest-7.27Turks and Caicos Islands

Median2.83196 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2014

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2014 % of GDP	Change on 2013
1	Cayman Islands	1,009.03	+216.71 pts
2	Cyprus	233.17	+125.08 pts
3	Liechtenstein	140.29	+122.22 pts
4	Hong Kong	44.55	+16.67 pts
5	Ireland	39.36	+9.5 pts
6	Luxembourg	29.16	-6.58 pts
7	Mozambique	27.8	-11.14 pts
8	Singapore	21.82	+0.88 pts
9	New Caledonia	16.52	-4.82 pts
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16.45	-0.03 pts
11	Palau	16.24	+8.27 pts
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16.14	-3.94 pts
13	Republic of the Congo	16.13	+5.67 pts
14	Netherlands	15.99	-20.71 pts
15	Liberia	15.56	-47.35 pts
16	Barbados	13.26	+11.42 pts
17	Montenegro	10.85	+0.76 pts
18	Georgia	10.22	+4.25 pts
19	Chile	9.84	+2.22 pts
20	Panama	9.69	+1.6 pts
21	Grenada	9.19	-6.29 pts
22	Hungary	9.13	+11.88 pts
23	Nicaragua	9.06	+0.28 pts
24	São Tomé and Príncipe	9.04	+4.48 pts
25	Maldives	9.02	-1.93 pts
26	Cape Verde	8.84	+4.44 pts
27	Turkmenistan	8.8	+1.5 pts
28	Albania	8.65	-1.15 pts
29	Honduras	8.63	+2.85 pts
30	Cambodia	8.41	-2.03 pts
31	Seychelles	7.81	+3.51 pts
32	Fiji	7.78	+1.96 pts
33	Mauritania	7.6	-7.98 pts
34	Niger	7.58	+0.54 pts
35	Aruba	7.47	-2.51 pts
36	Gabon	6.94	+5.1 pts
37	Djibouti	6.89	-7.1 pts
38	Malawi	6.8	+1.18 pts
39	Uruguay	6.64	+5.03 pts
40	Belize	6.6	+2.07 pts
41	Estonia	6.59	+2.27 pts
42	Laos	6.53	+0.85 pts
43	Finland	6.42	+8.25 pts
44	Micronesia	6.4	n/a
45	Costa Rica	6.23	-0.06 pts
46	Ghana	6.15	+1.02 pts
47	Lebanon	5.95	+0.28 pts
48	Azerbaijan	5.89	+2.36 pts
49	Guyana	5.76	+0.95 pts
50	Zambia	5.56	-1.93 pts
51	Portugal	5.44	-1 pts
52	Jordan	5.37	+0.23 pts
53	Croatia	5.35	+3.75 pts
54	Sierra Leone	4.88	-0.85 pts
55	Marshall Islands	4.86	-12.6 pts
56	Kyrgyzstan	4.59	-3.75 pts
57	Somalia	4.56	-0.54 pts
58	Macao	4.41	-2.91 pts
59	Bahrain	4.37	-6.65 pts
60	Australia	4.29	+0.85 pts
61	Iceland	4.25	+1.34 pts
62	Colombia	4.24	-0 pts
63	Jamaica	4.19	+0.37 pts
64	Serbia	4.07	-0.01 pts
65	Vietnam	3.94	-0.22 pts
66	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.91	-0.96 pts
67	Lesotho	3.87	+1.74 pts
68	Rwanda	3.86	+0.83 pts
69	Poland	3.85	+3.59 pts
70	Saint Lucia	3.85	-3.72 pts
71	Czechia	3.84	+0.38 pts
72	Moldova	3.68	+1.13 pts
73	Tajikistan	3.58	+0.23 pts
74	Namibia	3.58	-2.87 pts
75	Brazil	3.57	+0.53 pts
76	Dominican Republic	3.56	+1 pts
77	Canada	3.55	-0.08 pts
78	Sint Maarten	3.5	-1.13 pts
79	Armenia	3.5	+0.39 pts
80	Latvia	3.45	+0.06 pts
81	Mauritius	3.44	+1.08 pts
82	Burundi	3.39	-1.37 pts
83	Brunei	3.36	-0.93 pts
84	Antigua and Barbuda	3.36	-3.65 pts
85	Ethiopia	3.34	+0.52 pts
86	Botswana	3.33	+2.86 pts
87	Myanmar	3.32	-0.42 pts
88	Kazakhstan	3.3	-0.93 pts
89	Uganda	3.25	-0.54 pts
90	Malaysia	3.14	-0.35 pts
91	Benin	3.05	+0.18 pts
92	Tonga	3	+1.61 pts
93	Madagascar	2.98	-1.58 pts
94	Morocco	2.96	+0.06 pts
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.94	+1.21 pts
96	Samoa	2.87	+1.14 pts
97	Switzerland	2.83	+6.3 pts
98	Tanzania	2.83	-1.74 pts
99	Indonesia	2.82	+0.27 pts
100	Mongolia	2.76	-13.61 pts
101	United Arab Emirates	2.61	+0.22 pts
102	Burkina Faso	2.56	-1.09 pts
103	Guinea-Bissau	2.54	+0.77 pts
104	Sudan	2.53	-1.4 pts
105	Paraguay	2.51	+1.38 pts
106	China	2.51	-0.47 pts
107	Guatemala	2.43	-0.44 pts
108	Zimbabwe	2.42	+0.47 pts
109	Angola	2.38	+7.17 pts
110	Belarus	2.36	-0.61 pts
111	Timor-Leste	2.34	-1.66 pts
112	Spain	2.32	-1.14 pts
113	Curaçao	2.27	+2.31 pts
114	Bahamas	2.26	-1.39 pts
115	Trinidad and Tobago	2.24	+6.2 pts
116	El Salvador	2.24	+1.13 pts
117	Dominica	2.16	-4.94 pts
118	Peru	2.12	-2.63 pts
119	Mexico	2.08	-1.75 pts
120	Slovenia	2.06	+1.84 pts
121	Tunisia	2.04	-0.14 pts
122	Senegal	2.04	+0.39 pts
123	Cameroon	1.99	+0.37 pts
124	Bolivia	1.99	-3.72 pts
125	Romania	1.94	-0.09 pts
126	Philippines	1.93	+0.61 pts
127	Israel	1.92	-2.05 pts
128	Bulgaria	1.92	-1.65 pts
129	United Kingdom	1.91	-0.04 pts
130	Gambia	1.87	-3.1 pts
131	Denmark	1.86	+1.67 pts
132	India	1.7	+0.18 pts
133	New Zealand	1.61	+1.65 pts
134	Solomon Islands	1.57	-2.58 pts
135	South Africa	1.52	-0.53 pts
136	Egypt	1.51	+0.06 pts
137	Vanuatu	1.51	-5.37 pts
138	Bangladesh	1.47	-0.27 pts
139	United States	1.43	-0.28 pts
140	Türkiye	1.42	+0.01 pts
141	Oman	1.39	-0.41 pts
142	Kiribati	1.31	+0.9 pts
143	Malta	1.31	-3.41 pts
144	Thailand	1.22	-2.57 pts
145	Kenya	1.2	-0.61 pts
146	Greece	1.15	-0.09 pts
147	Palestine	1.14	-0.26 pts
148	Bhutan	1.13	+0.08 pts
149	Sri Lanka	1.08	-0.13 pts
150	Russia	1.07	-1.95 pts
151	French Polynesia	1.01	-0.64 pts
152	Argentina	0.96	-0.82 pts
153	Côte d’Ivoire	0.9	-0.05 pts
154	Uzbekistan	0.89	+0.05 pts
155	Togo	0.84	-2.2 pts
156	Mali	0.84	-1.11 pts
157	Nigeria	0.82	-0.25 pts
158	Italy	0.78	-0.12 pts
159	Tuvalu	0.78	-0.09 pts
160	Equatorial Guinea	0.77	-1.88 pts
161	Ecuador	0.75	-0 pts
162	Lithuania	0.74	-0.92 pts
163	Pakistan	0.7	+0.18 pts
164	Haiti	0.65	-0.43 pts
165	Ukraine	0.63	-1.73 pts
166	Algeria	0.63	-0.11 pts
167	Norway	0.63	+0.88 pts
168	Eswatini	0.6	-1.23 pts
169	South Korea	0.6	-0.29 pts
170	North Macedonia	0.54	-3.18 pts
171	Venezuela	0.52	-0.8 pts
172	Qatar	0.5	+0.93 pts
173	Iran	0.46	-0.15 pts
174	Germany	0.44	-1.33 pts
175	Comoros	0.41	+0.03 pts
176	Japan	0.4	+0.19 pts
177	Austria	0.39	+0.69 pts
178	Kuwait	0.3	-0.52 pts
179	Afghanistan	0.21	-0.03 pts
180	Saudi Arabia	0.19	-0.25 pts
181	Central African Republic	0.18	+0.07 pts
182	France	0.18	-1.01 pts
183	Nepal	0.13	-0.2 pts
184	Papua New Guinea	0.13	0 pts
185	South Sudan	0.01	+4.31 pts
186	Cuba	-0.02	-0.22 pts
187	Bermuda	-0.05	-0.9 pts
188	Slovakia	-0.36	-1.37 pts
189	Yemen	-0.54	-0.21 pts
190	Guinea	-0.84	-0.84 pts
191	Sweden	-1.05	-1.3 pts
192	Suriname	-1.14	-4.77 pts
193	Belgium	-2.83	+2.83 pts
194	Chad	-3.72	-6.63 pts
195	Iraq	-4.46	-3.46 pts
196	Turks and Caicos Islands	-7.27	n/a

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About this ranking

Net foreign investment inflows to acquire a lasting management interest of at least 10% of voting stock, as a percentage of GDP. Includes equity, reinvested earnings and other capital recorded in the balance of payments.

Net inflows subtract disinvestment from new investment. Negative values indicate net disinvestment; zero is a valid net balance. Flows can exceed GDP, particularly in financial centers. The latest year varies by country.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 6 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS), Countries by foreign direct investment, net inflows, 2014. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fdi-net-inflows-gdp/countries?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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}

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Which country has the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows?

Cayman Islands, with 1,009.03% of GDP in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows?

Turks and Caicos Islands, with -7.27% of GDP in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 6 countries have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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