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Countries by foreign direct investment, net inflows

Liechtenstein had the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows of 195 countries in 2017, at 602.37% of GDP. Luxembourg had the lowest, at -41.65% of GDP. The median was 2.79% of GDP and the figure for the World was 2.71% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest602.37Liechtenstein
Lowest-41.65Luxembourg
Median2.79195 countries
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Map of countries, 2017

United Arab Emirates: 2.57 % of GDPAfghanistan: 0.27 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda: 9.86 % of GDPAlbania: 7.71 % of GDPArmenia: 2.19 % of GDPAngola: -8.64 % of GDPArgentina: 1.79 % of GDPAustria: 3.38 % of GDPAustralia: 3.62 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 7.02 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 2.78 % of GDPBangladesh: 0.62 % of GDPBelgium: -7.44 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 0.02 % of GDPBulgaria: 3.39 % of GDPBurundi: 2.31 % of GDPBenin: 1.58 % of GDPBrunei: 3.86 % of GDPBolivia: 1.55 % of GDPBrazil: 3.34 % of GDPBahamas: 2.45 % of GDPBhutan: -0.64 % of GDPBotswana: 1.62 % of GDPBelarus: 2.33 % of GDPBelize: 1.4 % of GDPCanada: 1.54 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2.79 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 1.18 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: -12.93 % of GDPSwitzerland: 20.77 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 1.86 % of GDPChile: 1.9 % of GDPCameroon: 2.26 % of GDPChina: 1.32 % of GDPColombia: 4.39 % of GDPCosta Rica: 4.83 % of GDPCuba: 0.02 % of GDPCape Verde: 5.59 % of GDPCyprus: 184.05 % of GDPCzechia: 5.07 % of GDPGermany: 2.89 % of GDPDjibouti: 5.97 % of GDPDenmark: 1.09 % of GDPDominican Republic: 4.55 % of GDPAlgeria: 0.65 % of GDPEcuador: 0.61 % of GDPEstonia: 6.32 % of GDPEgypt: 2.98 % of GDPSpain: 2.54 % of GDPEthiopia: 5.26 % of GDPFinland: 6.66 % of GDPFiji: 7.24 % of GDPFrance: 1.69 % of GDPGabon: -1.6 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 4.64 % of GDPGeorgia: 11.72 % of GDPGhana: 5.39 % of GDPGambia: 4.28 % of GDPGuinea: 5.59 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 3.15 % of GDPGreece: 1.72 % of GDPGuatemala: 1.39 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 1.07 % of GDPGuyana: 4.47 % of GDPHong Kong: 36.84 % of GDPHonduras: 4.11 % of GDPCroatia: 3.24 % of GDPHaiti: 2.48 % of GDPHungary: -8.63 % of GDPIndonesia: 2.02 % of GDPIreland: 20.42 % of GDPIsrael: 4.73 % of GDPIndia: 1.51 % of GDPIraq: -2.69 % of GDPIran: 0.98 % of GDPIceland: -27.93 % of GDPItaly: 0.44 % of GDPJamaica: 5.63 % of GDPJordan: 4.46 % of GDPJapan: 0.37 % of GDPKenya: 1.64 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: -1.39 % of GDPCambodia: 9.5 % of GDPKiribati: 0.35 % of GDPSouth Korea: 1.05 % of GDPKuwait: 0.09 % of GDPCayman Islands: 48.52 % of GDPKazakhstan: 2.85 % of GDPLaos: 9.88 % of GDPLebanon: 4.76 % of GDPSri Lanka: 1.45 % of GDPLiberia: 7.31 % of GDPLesotho: 5.85 % of GDPLithuania: 2.9 % of GDPLuxembourg: -41.65 % of GDPLatvia: 4.05 % of GDPMorocco: 2.26 % of GDPMoldova: 1.57 % of GDPMontenegro: 11.67 % of GDPMadagascar: 3.53 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 3.37 % of GDPMali: 3.06 % of GDPMyanmar: 7.27 % of GDPMongolia: 13.02 % of GDPMauritania: 8.63 % of GDPMauritius: 3.45 % of GDPMalawi: 1.01 % of GDPMexico: 2.78 % of GDPMalaysia: 2.94 % of GDPMozambique: 17.48 % of GDPNamibia: 2.18 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 5.3 % of GDPNiger: 2.98 % of GDPNigeria: 0.64 % of GDPNicaragua: 7.51 % of GDPNetherlands: 23.78 % of GDPNorway: 1.42 % of GDPNepal: 0.68 % of GDPNew Zealand: 1.16 % of GDPOman: 3.56 % of GDPPanama: 6.35 % of GDPPeru: 3.66 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 1.54 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: -0.79 % of GDPPhilippines: 3.12 % of GDPPakistan: 0.74 % of GDPPoland: 2.38 % of GDPPalestine: 1.14 % of GDPPortugal: 5.02 % of GDPPalau: 16.46 % of GDPParaguay: 1.95 % of GDPQatar: 0.61 % of GDPRomania: 2.83 % of GDPSerbia: 6.3 % of GDPRussia: 1.81 % of GDPRwanda: 2.99 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 0.14 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 2.92 % of GDPSudan: 2.58 % of GDPSweden: 4.54 % of GDPSingapore: 29.57 % of GDPSlovenia: 2.48 % of GDPSlovakia: 4.4 % of GDPSierra Leone: 7.2 % of GDPSenegal: 2.81 % of GDPSomalia: 4.84 % of GDPSuriname: 2.67 % of GDPEl Salvador: 2.02 % of GDPEswatini: -1.29 % of GDPChad: 3.19 % of GDPTogo: 1.39 % of GDPThailand: 1.82 % of GDPTajikistan: 2.47 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 0.42 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 6.25 % of GDPTunisia: 1.92 % of GDPTürkiye: 1.3 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: -1.98 % of GDPTanzania: 1.76 % of GDPUkraine: 3.28 % of GDPUganda: 2.61 % of GDPUnited States: 1.94 % of GDPUruguay: 4.13 % of GDPUzbekistan: 2.49 % of GDPVenezuela: -0.26 % of GDPVietnam: 5.01 % of GDPVanuatu: 3.83 % of GDPSamoa: 1.04 % of GDPYemen: -1.01 % of GDPSouth Africa: 0.54 % of GDPZambia: 4.28 % of GDPZimbabwe: 0.6 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2017. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2017

Liechtenstein: 602.37 % of GDPLiechtenstein602.37Malta: 299.82 % of GDPMalta299.82Cyprus: 184.05 % of GDPCyprus184.05Cayman Islands: 48.52 % of GDPCayman Islands48.52Hong Kong: 36.84 % of GDPHong Kong36.84Singapore: 29.57 % of GDPSingapore29.57Netherlands: 23.78 % of GDPNetherlands23.78Switzerland: 20.77 % of GDPSwitzerland20.77Ireland: 20.42 % of GDPIreland20.42Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 19.6 % of GDPSaint Vincent and the Grenadines19.6Mozambique: 17.48 % of GDPMozambique17.48Palau: 16.46 % of GDPPalau16.46Grenada: 13.62 % of GDPGrenada13.62Mongolia: 13.02 % of GDPMongolia13.02Seychelles: 11.78 % of GDPSeychelles11.78Georgia: 11.72 % of GDPGeorgia11.72Montenegro: 11.67 % of GDPMontenegro11.67São Tomé and Príncipe: 10.62 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe10.62Laos: 9.88 % of GDPLaos9.88Antigua and Barbuda: 9.86 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda9.86Maldives: 9.51 % of GDPMaldives9.51Cambodia: 9.5 % of GDPCambodia9.5Mauritania: 8.63 % of GDPMauritania8.63Albania: 7.71 % of GDPAlbania7.71Nicaragua: 7.51 % of GDPNicaragua7.51Liberia: 7.31 % of GDPLiberia7.31Myanmar: 7.27 % of GDPMyanmar7.27Fiji: 7.24 % of GDPFiji7.24Sierra Leone: 7.2 % of GDPSierra Leone7.2Azerbaijan: 7.02 % of GDPAzerbaijan7.02Finland: 6.66 % of GDPFinland6.66Panama: 6.35 % of GDPPanama6.35Estonia: 6.32 % of GDPEstonia6.32Serbia: 6.3 % of GDPSerbia6.3Turkmenistan: 6.25 % of GDPTurkmenistan6.25Djibouti: 5.97 % of GDPDjibouti5.97Lesotho: 5.85 % of GDPLesotho5.85Curaçao: 5.69 % of GDPCuraçao5.69Jamaica: 5.63 % of GDPJamaica5.63Cape Verde: 5.59 % of GDPCape Verde5.59Liechtenstein: 602.37 % of GDPLiechtenstein602.37Malta: 299.82 % of GDPMalta299.82Cyprus: 184.05 % of GDPCyprus184.05Cayman Islands: 48.52 % of GDPCayman Islands48.52Hong Kong: 36.84 % of GDPHong Kong36.84Singapore: 29.57 % of GDPSingapore29.57Netherlands: 23.78 % of GDPNetherlands23.78Switzerland: 20.77 % of GDPSwitzerland20.77Ireland: 20.42 % of GDPIreland20.42Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 19.6 % of GDPSaint Vincent and the Grenadines19.6Mozambique: 17.48 % of GDPMozambique17.48Palau: 16.46 % of GDPPalau16.46Grenada: 13.62 % of GDPGrenada13.62Mongolia: 13.02 % of GDPMongolia13.02Seychelles: 11.78 % of GDPSeychelles11.78Georgia: 11.72 % of GDPGeorgia11.72Montenegro: 11.67 % of GDPMontenegro11.67São Tomé and Príncipe: 10.62 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe10.62Laos: 9.88 % of GDPLaos9.88Antigua and Barbuda: 9.86 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda9.86Maldives: 9.51 % of GDPMaldives9.51Cambodia: 9.5 % of GDPCambodia9.5Mauritania: 8.63 % of GDPMauritania8.63Albania: 7.71 % of GDPAlbania7.71Nicaragua: 7.51 % of GDPNicaragua7.51Liberia: 7.31 % of GDPLiberia7.31Myanmar: 7.27 % of GDPMyanmar7.27Fiji: 7.24 % of GDPFiji7.24Sierra Leone: 7.2 % of GDPSierra Leone7.2Azerbaijan: 7.02 % of GDPAzerbaijan7.02Finland: 6.66 % of GDPFinland6.66Panama: 6.35 % of GDPPanama6.35Estonia: 6.32 % of GDPEstonia6.32Serbia: 6.3 % of GDPSerbia6.3Turkmenistan: 6.25 % of GDPTurkmenistan6.25Djibouti: 5.97 % of GDPDjibouti5.97Lesotho: 5.85 % of GDPLesotho5.85Curaçao: 5.69 % of GDPCuraçao5.69Jamaica: 5.63 % of GDPJamaica5.63Cape Verde: 5.59 % of GDPCape Verde5.59
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017
% of GDP		Change on 2016
1Liechtenstein602.37-370.32 pts
2Malta299.82+276.74 pts
3Cyprus184.05+168.23 pts
4Cayman Islands48.52-6.16 pts
5Hong Kong36.84-4.69 pts
6Singapore29.57+9.27 pts
7Netherlands23.78-11.09 pts
8Switzerland20.77-3.68 pts
9Ireland20.42-5.71 pts
10Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19.6+10.93 pts
11Mozambique17.48-8.44 pts
12Palau16.46-4.85 pts
13Grenada13.62+3.31 pts
14Mongolia13.02+50.19 pts
15Seychelles11.78+7.42 pts
16Georgia11.72+0.97 pts
17Montenegro11.67+6.47 pts
18São Tomé and Príncipe10.62+2.64 pts
19Laos9.88+4 pts
20Antigua and Barbuda9.86+3.31 pts
21Maldives9.51-0.85 pts
22Cambodia9.5+0.17 pts
23Mauritania8.63+4.4 pts
24Albania7.71-1 pts
25Nicaragua7.51+0.07 pts
26Liberia7.31-1.86 pts
27Myanmar7.27+2.09 pts
28Fiji7.24-0.7 pts
29Sierra Leone7.2+4.92 pts
30Azerbaijan7.02-4.87 pts
31Finland6.66+4.47 pts
32Panama6.35-2.44 pts
33Estonia6.32+2.55 pts
34Serbia6.3+0.72 pts
35Turkmenistan6.25-0.48 pts
36Djibouti5.97-0.17 pts
37Lesotho5.85+4.01 pts
38Curaçao5.69+1.29 pts
39Jamaica5.63-0.6 pts
40Cape Verde5.59-1.23 pts
41Guinea5.59-13.23 pts
42Ghana5.39-0.82 pts
43New Caledonia5.3-3.98 pts
44Ethiopia5.26-0.79 pts
45Aruba5.25+4.33 pts
46Czechia5.07-0.41 pts
47Portugal5.02+1.46 pts
48Vietnam5.01+0.11 pts
49Somalia4.84-0.15 pts
50Costa Rica4.83+0.38 pts
51Lebanon4.76-0.26 pts
52Sint Maarten4.75+1.84 pts
53Israel4.73+0.99 pts
54United Kingdom4.64-7.36 pts
55Dominican Republic4.55+1.22 pts
56Saint Kitts and Nevis4.54-7.52 pts
57Sweden4.54+1.53 pts
58Saint Lucia4.5-4.15 pts
59Guyana4.47+3.18 pts
60Jordan4.46+0.9 pts
61Slovakia4.4-0.88 pts
62Colombia4.39-0.51 pts
63Zambia4.28+1.12 pts
64Gambia4.28-0.43 pts
65Uruguay4.13+5.03 pts
66Honduras4.11-1.18 pts
67Latvia4.05+2.82 pts
68Dominica4.03-2.87 pts
69Brunei3.86+5.18 pts
70Bahrain3.83+3.11 pts
71Vanuatu3.83-1.03 pts
72Peru3.66-0 pts
73Australia3.62+0.07 pts
74Oman3.56+0.54 pts
75Madagascar3.53-1.04 pts
76Mauritius3.45+0.49 pts
77Bulgaria3.39+0.63 pts
78Macao3.38-0.75 pts
79Austria3.38+10.62 pts
80North Macedonia3.37-1.78 pts
81Brazil3.34-0.8 pts
82Ukraine3.28-1.14 pts
83Croatia3.24+0.25 pts
84Chad3.19+0.76 pts
85Equatorial Guinea3.15-12.46 pts
86Philippines3.12+0.52 pts
87Mali3.06+0.93 pts
88Rwanda2.99-0.26 pts
89Egypt2.98+0.54 pts
90Niger2.98+0.07 pts
91Malaysia2.94-1.54 pts
92Solomon Islands2.92+0.21 pts
93Lithuania2.9+0.16 pts
94Germany2.89+1.25 pts
95Kazakhstan2.85-9.69 pts
96Romania2.83-0.54 pts
97Senegal2.81+0.32 pts
98Democratic Republic of the Congo2.79+0.38 pts
99Mexico2.78-0.71 pts
100Bosnia and Herzegovina2.78+0.95 pts
101Marshall Islands2.73+4.24 pts
102Suriname2.67-4.31 pts
103Uganda2.61+0.47 pts
104Sudan2.58+0.09 pts
105United Arab Emirates2.57+0.05 pts
106Spain2.54-1.08 pts
107Uzbekistan2.49+0.79 pts
108Slovenia2.48-0.78 pts
109Haiti2.48+1.74 pts
110Tajikistan2.47-0.99 pts
111Bahamas2.45-0.84 pts
112Poland2.38-1.44 pts
113Belarus2.33-0.28 pts
114Burundi2.31+2.3 pts
115Morocco2.26+0.33 pts
116Cameroon2.26+0.29 pts
117Armenia2.19-0.97 pts
118Namibia2.18-1.17 pts
119Indonesia2.02+1.53 pts
120El Salvador2.02+0.03 pts
121Paraguay1.95-0.32 pts
122United States1.94-0.58 pts
123Tunisia1.92+0.52 pts
124Chile1.9-2.66 pts
125Côte d’Ivoire1.86+0.66 pts
126Turks and Caicos Islands1.84+0.46 pts
127Thailand1.82+0.97 pts
128Russia1.81-0.73 pts
129Argentina1.79+1.2 pts
130Tanzania1.76+0.02 pts
131Greece1.72+0.32 pts
132France1.69+0.25 pts
133Kenya1.64+1.01 pts
134Botswana1.62+0.67 pts
135Benin1.58+0.47 pts
136Moldova1.57+0.48 pts
137Barbados1.56-8.25 pts
138Bolivia1.55+0.56 pts
139French Polynesia1.54+0.42 pts
140Canada1.54-0.7 pts
141India1.51-0.43 pts
142Sri Lanka1.45+0.44 pts
143Norway1.42+6.29 pts
144Belize1.4-0.06 pts
145Guatemala1.39+0.11 pts
146Togo1.39+2.15 pts
147China1.32-0.2 pts
148Türkiye1.3-0.29 pts
149Central African Republic1.18+0.62 pts
150New Zealand1.16+0.09 pts
151Palestine1.14-0.78 pts
152Denmark1.09-1.41 pts
153Guinea-Bissau1.07-0.86 pts
154South Korea1.05+0.28 pts
155Samoa1.04+0.74 pts
156Malawi1.01-0.45 pts
157Iran0.98+0.28 pts
158Pakistan0.74-0.09 pts
159Nepal0.68+0.25 pts
160Tuvalu0.66-0.06 pts
161Algeria0.65-0.26 pts
162Nigeria0.64-0.21 pts
163Bangladesh0.62-0.26 pts
164Qatar0.61+0.1 pts
165Ecuador0.61-0.18 pts
166Zimbabwe0.6-1.07 pts
167South Africa0.54-0.14 pts
168Italy0.44-0.92 pts
169Timor-Leste0.42+0.09 pts
170Japan0.37-0.43 pts
171Comoros0.36+0.01 pts
172Kiribati0.35-0.52 pts
173Afghanistan0.27-0.24 pts
174Saudi Arabia0.14-3.05 pts
175Kuwait0.09-0.17 pts
176Burkina Faso0.02-3.03 pts
177Cuba0.02-0.06 pts
178Nauru0.01n/a
179Venezuela-0.26-1.25 pts
180Bhutan-0.64-1.14 pts
181Papua New Guinea-0.79-0.6 pts
182Yemen-1.01+0.79 pts
183Eswatini-1.29-2.01 pts
184Kyrgyzstan-1.39-10.48 pts
185Gabon-1.6-3.08 pts
186Trinidad and Tobago-1.98-1.88 pts
187Iraq-2.69+1.06 pts
188Tonga-3.41-7.36 pts
189Bermuda-4.03-2.97 pts
190Belgium-7.44-19.58 pts
191Hungary-8.63-62.48 pts
192Angola-8.64-8.34 pts
193Republic of the Congo-12.93-13.39 pts
194Iceland-27.93-22.88 pts
195Luxembourg-41.65-69.91 pts

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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. 7 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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

Liechtenstein, with 602.37% of GDP in 2017, according to the World Bank.

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Luxembourg, with -41.65% of GDP in 2017.

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