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Countries by foreign direct investment, net inflows

Malta had the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows of 195 countries in 2018, at 452.22% of GDP. Liechtenstein had the lowest, at -1,303.11% of GDP. The median was 2.64% of GDP and the figure for the World was 1.16% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest452.22Malta
Lowest-1,303.11Liechtenstein
Median2.64195 countries
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Map of countries, 2018

United Arab Emirates: 2.36 % of GDPAfghanistan: 0.66 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda: 12.18 % of GDPAlbania: 7.83 % of GDPArmenia: 2.14 % of GDPAngola: -7.13 % of GDPArgentina: 2.23 % of GDPAustria: -6.15 % of GDPAustralia: 4.23 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 2.98 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 2.94 % of GDPBangladesh: 0.75 % of GDPBelgium: -7.67 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 1.69 % of GDPBulgaria: 2.74 % of GDPBurundi: 0.23 % of GDPBenin: 1.36 % of GDPBrunei: 3.8 % of GDPBolivia: 0.62 % of GDPBrazil: 4.08 % of GDPBahamas: 3.83 % of GDPBhutan: 0.1 % of GDPBotswana: 1.68 % of GDPBelarus: 2.38 % of GDPBelize: 5.34 % of GDPCanada: 2.47 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 3.02 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 0.44 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: -29.94 % of GDPSwitzerland: -21.84 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 1.06 % of GDPChile: 2.68 % of GDPCameroon: 1.91 % of GDPChina: 1.66 % of GDPColombia: 3.38 % of GDPCosta Rica: 4.82 % of GDPCuba: 0.1 % of GDPCape Verde: 4.7 % of GDPCyprus: 307.09 % of GDPCzechia: 3.3 % of GDPGermany: 4 % of GDPDjibouti: 5.83 % of GDPDenmark: 2.47 % of GDPDominican Republic: 3.23 % of GDPAlgeria: 0.75 % of GDPEcuador: 1.29 % of GDPEstonia: 4.08 % of GDPEgypt: 3.1 % of GDPSpain: 4.47 % of GDPEthiopia: 4.03 % of GDPFinland: -3.84 % of GDPFiji: 8.4 % of GDPFrance: 2.79 % of GDPGabon: 0.29 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: -0.86 % of GDPGeorgia: 7.28 % of GDPGhana: 4.44 % of GDPGambia: 4.9 % of GDPGuinea: 2.98 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: -1.1 % of GDPGreece: 1.89 % of GDPGuatemala: 1.26 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 1.32 % of GDPGuyana: 25.73 % of GDPHong Kong: 26.83 % of GDPHonduras: 5.99 % of GDPCroatia: 2.67 % of GDPHaiti: 0.64 % of GDPHungary: -40.11 % of GDPIndonesia: 1.81 % of GDPIreland: 20.36 % of GDPIsrael: 5.73 % of GDPIndia: 1.56 % of GDPIraq: -2.15 % of GDPIran: 0.58 % of GDPIceland: -2.33 % of GDPItaly: 2.11 % of GDPJamaica: 4.6 % of GDPJordan: 2.01 % of GDPJapan: 0.49 % of GDPKenya: 0.83 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 1.74 % of GDPCambodia: 9.69 % of GDPKiribati: -0.49 % of GDPSouth Korea: 0.67 % of GDPKuwait: -0.02 % of GDPCayman Islands: 3.14 % of GDPKazakhstan: 0.2 % of GDPLaos: 7.49 % of GDPLebanon: 4.84 % of GDPSri Lanka: 1.71 % of GDPLiberia: 3.77 % of GDPLesotho: 0.92 % of GDPLithuania: 2.4 % of GDPLuxembourg: -117.23 % of GDPLatvia: 1.32 % of GDPMorocco: 2.78 % of GDPMoldova: 2.75 % of GDPMontenegro: 8.94 % of GDPMadagascar: 4.45 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 5.11 % of GDPMali: 2.29 % of GDPMyanmar: 2.61 % of GDPMongolia: 14.81 % of GDPMauritania: 10.34 % of GDPMauritius: 3.08 % of GDPMalawi: 0.78 % of GDPMexico: 3.01 % of GDPMalaysia: 2.31 % of GDPMozambique: 11.17 % of GDPNamibia: 1.71 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 3.46 % of GDPNiger: 3.64 % of GDPNigeria: 0.18 % of GDPNicaragua: 6.43 % of GDPNetherlands: -36.4 % of GDPNorway: -1.25 % of GDPNepal: 0.21 % of GDPNew Zealand: 1.16 % of GDPOman: 6.12 % of GDPPanama: 6.39 % of GDPPeru: 2.78 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 0.1 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: 1.27 % of GDPPhilippines: 2.87 % of GDPPakistan: 0.49 % of GDPPoland: 3.35 % of GDPPalestine: 1.29 % of GDPPortugal: 3.47 % of GDPPalau: 17.61 % of GDPParaguay: 0.79 % of GDPQatar: -1.19 % of GDPRomania: 3.04 % of GDPSerbia: 7.71 % of GDPRussia: 0.53 % of GDPRwanda: 3.79 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 1.37 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 1.55 % of GDPSudan: 3.51 % of GDPSweden: -0.13 % of GDPSingapore: 22.79 % of GDPSlovenia: 2.86 % of GDPSlovakia: 2.11 % of GDPSierra Leone: 2.91 % of GDPSenegal: 3.67 % of GDPSomalia: 5.18 % of GDPSuriname: 3.28 % of GDPEl Salvador: 1.59 % of GDPEswatini: 0.67 % of GDPChad: -4.91 % of GDPTogo: -2.57 % of GDPThailand: 2.71 % of GDPTajikistan: 2.84 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 3.08 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 6.17 % of GDPTunisia: 2.32 % of GDPTürkiye: 1.58 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: -2.93 % of GDPTanzania: 1.7 % of GDPUkraine: 3.8 % of GDPUganda: 3.21 % of GDPUnited States: 1.04 % of GDPUruguay: 2.64 % of GDPUzbekistan: 1.02 % of GDPVenezuela: 1.31 % of GDPVietnam: 5 % of GDPVanuatu: 3.63 % of GDPSamoa: 1.9 % of GDPYemen: -0.04 % of GDPSouth Africa: 1.37 % of GDPZambia: 1.55 % of GDPZimbabwe: 1.21 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2018. 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, 2018

Malta: 452.22 % of GDPMalta452.22Cyprus: 307.09 % of GDPCyprus307.09Hong Kong: 26.83 % of GDPHong Kong26.83Guyana: 25.73 % of GDPGuyana25.73Singapore: 22.79 % of GDPSingapore22.79Ireland: 20.36 % of GDPIreland20.36Palau: 17.61 % of GDPPalau17.61Seychelles: 17.1 % of GDPSeychelles17.1Grenada: 15.94 % of GDPGrenada15.94Mongolia: 14.81 % of GDPMongolia14.81Dominica: 12.46 % of GDPDominica12.46Antigua and Barbuda: 12.18 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda12.18Mozambique: 11.17 % of GDPMozambique11.17Maldives: 10.65 % of GDPMaldives10.65Mauritania: 10.34 % of GDPMauritania10.34Cambodia: 9.69 % of GDPCambodia9.69Montenegro: 8.94 % of GDPMontenegro8.94Fiji: 8.4 % of GDPFiji8.4Albania: 7.83 % of GDPAlbania7.83Serbia: 7.71 % of GDPSerbia7.71Laos: 7.49 % of GDPLaos7.49Georgia: 7.28 % of GDPGeorgia7.28Nicaragua: 6.43 % of GDPNicaragua6.43Panama: 6.39 % of GDPPanama6.39São Tomé and Príncipe: 6.18 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe6.18Turkmenistan: 6.17 % of GDPTurkmenistan6.17Oman: 6.12 % of GDPOman6.12Honduras: 5.99 % of GDPHonduras5.99Nauru: 5.89 % of GDPNauru5.89Djibouti: 5.83 % of GDPDjibouti5.83Israel: 5.73 % of GDPIsrael5.73Belize: 5.34 % of GDPBelize5.34Somalia: 5.18 % of GDPSomalia5.18North Macedonia: 5.11 % of GDPNorth Macedonia5.11Vietnam: 5 % of GDPVietnam5Gambia: 4.9 % of GDPGambia4.9Lebanon: 4.84 % of GDPLebanon4.84Costa Rica: 4.82 % of GDPCosta Rica4.82Tonga: 4.7 % of GDPTonga4.7Cape Verde: 4.7 % of GDPCape Verde4.7Malta: 452.22 % of GDPMalta452.22Cyprus: 307.09 % of GDPCyprus307.09Hong Kong: 26.83 % of GDPHong Kong26.83Guyana: 25.73 % of GDPGuyana25.73Singapore: 22.79 % of GDPSingapore22.79Ireland: 20.36 % of GDPIreland20.36Palau: 17.61 % of GDPPalau17.61Seychelles: 17.1 % of GDPSeychelles17.1Grenada: 15.94 % of GDPGrenada15.94Mongolia: 14.81 % of GDPMongolia14.81Dominica: 12.46 % of GDPDominica12.46Antigua and Barbuda: 12.18 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda12.18Mozambique: 11.17 % of GDPMozambique11.17Maldives: 10.65 % of GDPMaldives10.65Mauritania: 10.34 % of GDPMauritania10.34Cambodia: 9.69 % of GDPCambodia9.69Montenegro: 8.94 % of GDPMontenegro8.94Fiji: 8.4 % of GDPFiji8.4Albania: 7.83 % of GDPAlbania7.83Serbia: 7.71 % of GDPSerbia7.71Laos: 7.49 % of GDPLaos7.49Georgia: 7.28 % of GDPGeorgia7.28Nicaragua: 6.43 % of GDPNicaragua6.43Panama: 6.39 % of GDPPanama6.39São Tomé and Príncipe: 6.18 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe6.18Turkmenistan: 6.17 % of GDPTurkmenistan6.17Oman: 6.12 % of GDPOman6.12Honduras: 5.99 % of GDPHonduras5.99Nauru: 5.89 % of GDPNauru5.89Djibouti: 5.83 % of GDPDjibouti5.83Israel: 5.73 % of GDPIsrael5.73Belize: 5.34 % of GDPBelize5.34Somalia: 5.18 % of GDPSomalia5.18North Macedonia: 5.11 % of GDPNorth Macedonia5.11Vietnam: 5 % of GDPVietnam5Gambia: 4.9 % of GDPGambia4.9Lebanon: 4.84 % of GDPLebanon4.84Costa Rica: 4.82 % of GDPCosta Rica4.82Tonga: 4.7 % of GDPTonga4.7Cape Verde: 4.7 % of GDPCape Verde4.7
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
% of GDP		Change on 2017
1Malta452.22+152.4 pts
2Cyprus307.09+123.03 pts
3Hong Kong26.83-10.01 pts
4Guyana25.73+21.26 pts
5Singapore22.79-6.79 pts
6Ireland20.36-0.06 pts
7Palau17.61+1.15 pts
8Seychelles17.1+5.33 pts
9Grenada15.94+2.33 pts
10Mongolia14.81+1.79 pts
11Dominica12.46+8.44 pts
12Antigua and Barbuda12.18+2.32 pts
13Mozambique11.17-6.31 pts
14Maldives10.65+1.15 pts
15Mauritania10.34+1.7 pts
16Cambodia9.69+0.19 pts
17Montenegro8.94-2.73 pts
18Fiji8.4+1.16 pts
19Albania7.83+0.12 pts
20Serbia7.71+1.42 pts
21Laos7.49-2.39 pts
22Georgia7.28-4.43 pts
23Nicaragua6.43-1.08 pts
24Panama6.39+0.05 pts
25São Tomé and Príncipe6.18-4.45 pts
26Turkmenistan6.17-0.08 pts
27Oman6.12+2.56 pts
28Honduras5.99+1.89 pts
29Nauru5.89+5.88 pts
30Djibouti5.83-0.14 pts
31Israel5.73+1 pts
32Belize5.34+3.93 pts
33Somalia5.18+0.34 pts
34North Macedonia5.11+1.75 pts
35Vietnam5-0.01 pts
36Gambia4.9+0.62 pts
37Lebanon4.84+0.08 pts
38Costa Rica4.82-0.02 pts
39Tonga4.7+8.11 pts
40Cape Verde4.7-0.9 pts
41Jamaica4.6-1.04 pts
42Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4.52-15.07 pts
43Spain4.47+1.93 pts
44Madagascar4.45+0.92 pts
45Ghana4.44-0.95 pts
46Marshall Islands4.43+1.7 pts
47Aruba4.4-0.85 pts
48Australia4.23+0.61 pts
49Bahrain4.18+0.35 pts
50Curaçao4.17-1.53 pts
51Estonia4.08-2.24 pts
52Brazil4.08+0.74 pts
53Ethiopia4.03-1.23 pts
54Barbados4.03+2.46 pts
55Germany4+1.11 pts
56Bahamas3.83+1.39 pts
57Brunei3.8-0.05 pts
58Ukraine3.8+0.52 pts
59Rwanda3.79+0.8 pts
60Liberia3.77-3.54 pts
61Saint Kitts and Nevis3.72-0.82 pts
62Senegal3.67+0.86 pts
63Niger3.64+0.66 pts
64Vanuatu3.63-0.19 pts
65Sudan3.51+0.93 pts
66Portugal3.47-1.55 pts
67New Caledonia3.46-1.84 pts
68Colombia3.38-1.01 pts
69Poland3.35+0.97 pts
70Czechia3.3-1.77 pts
71Suriname3.28+0.6 pts
72Dominican Republic3.23-1.32 pts
73Turks and Caicos Islands3.21+1.37 pts
74Uganda3.21+0.59 pts
75Cayman Islands3.14-45.38 pts
76Macao3.13-0.26 pts
77Egypt3.1+0.12 pts
78Timor-Leste3.08+2.66 pts
79Mauritius3.08-0.38 pts
80Romania3.04+0.2 pts
81Democratic Republic of the Congo3.02+0.22 pts
82Mexico3.01+0.23 pts
83Azerbaijan2.98-4.04 pts
84Guinea2.98-2.62 pts
85Bosnia and Herzegovina2.94+0.16 pts
86Sierra Leone2.91-4.29 pts
87Philippines2.87-0.25 pts
88Slovenia2.86+0.38 pts
89Tajikistan2.84+0.38 pts
90France2.79+1.1 pts
91Morocco2.78+0.52 pts
92Peru2.78-0.88 pts
93Moldova2.75+1.18 pts
94Bulgaria2.74-0.65 pts
95Thailand2.71+0.9 pts
96Chile2.68+0.79 pts
97Croatia2.67-0.57 pts
98Uruguay2.64-1.49 pts
99Myanmar2.61-4.67 pts
100Canada2.47+0.93 pts
101Denmark2.47+1.38 pts
102Lithuania2.4-0.5 pts
103Belarus2.38+0.04 pts
104United Arab Emirates2.36-0.21 pts
105Tunisia2.32+0.4 pts
106Malaysia2.31-0.62 pts
107Mali2.29-0.77 pts
108Argentina2.23+0.44 pts
109Saint Lucia2.21-2.29 pts
110Armenia2.14-0.05 pts
111Slovakia2.11-2.29 pts
112Italy2.11+1.66 pts
113Jordan2.01-2.44 pts
114Cameroon1.91-0.34 pts
115Samoa1.9+0.86 pts
116Greece1.89+0.17 pts
117Indonesia1.81-0.21 pts
118Kyrgyzstan1.74+3.14 pts
119Namibia1.71-0.46 pts
120Sri Lanka1.71+0.25 pts
121Tanzania1.7-0.06 pts
122Burkina Faso1.69+1.67 pts
123Botswana1.68+0.06 pts
124China1.66+0.34 pts
125El Salvador1.59-0.43 pts
126Türkiye1.58+0.28 pts
127India1.56+0.05 pts
128Zambia1.55-2.73 pts
129Solomon Islands1.55-1.37 pts
130South Africa1.37+0.83 pts
131Saudi Arabia1.37+1.23 pts
132Benin1.36-0.22 pts
133Guinea-Bissau1.32+0.26 pts
134Bermuda1.32+5.35 pts
135Latvia1.32-2.73 pts
136Venezuela1.31+1.58 pts
137Palestine1.29+0.15 pts
138Ecuador1.29+0.69 pts
139Papua New Guinea1.27+2.06 pts
140Guatemala1.26-0.14 pts
141Zimbabwe1.21+0.61 pts
142New Zealand1.160 pts
143Côte d’Ivoire1.06-0.8 pts
144United States1.04-0.9 pts
145Uzbekistan1.02-1.47 pts
146Lesotho0.92-4.93 pts
147Kenya0.83-0.81 pts
148Paraguay0.79-1.16 pts
149Malawi0.78-0.23 pts
150Algeria0.75+0.11 pts
151Bangladesh0.75+0.14 pts
152Eswatini0.67+1.96 pts
153South Korea0.67-0.38 pts
154Afghanistan0.66+0.39 pts
155Haiti0.64-1.84 pts
156Bolivia0.62-0.93 pts
157Tuvalu0.62-0.04 pts
158Iran0.58-0.41 pts
159Russia0.53-1.28 pts
160Japan0.49+0.12 pts
161Pakistan0.49-0.25 pts
162Comoros0.48+0.11 pts
163Central African Republic0.44-0.74 pts
164Gabon0.29+1.89 pts
165Burundi0.23-2.08 pts
166Nepal0.21-0.47 pts
167Kazakhstan0.2-2.66 pts
168Nigeria0.18-0.46 pts
169Bhutan0.1+0.74 pts
170French Polynesia0.1-1.45 pts
171Cuba0.1+0.08 pts
172Kuwait-0.02-0.11 pts
173Yemen-0.04+0.97 pts
174Sweden-0.13-4.67 pts
175Kiribati-0.49-0.84 pts
176United Kingdom-0.86-5.51 pts
177Equatorial Guinea-1.1-4.26 pts
178Qatar-1.19-1.8 pts
179Norway-1.25-2.67 pts
180Iraq-2.15+0.54 pts
181Iceland-2.33+25.6 pts
182Togo-2.57-3.96 pts
183Trinidad and Tobago-2.93-0.96 pts
184Sint Maarten-3.81-8.55 pts
185Finland-3.84-10.51 pts
186Chad-4.91-8.1 pts
187Austria-6.15-9.53 pts
188Angola-7.13+1.51 pts
189Belgium-7.67-0.22 pts
190Switzerland-21.84-42.61 pts
191Republic of the Congo-29.94-17.01 pts
192Netherlands-36.4-60.18 pts
193Hungary-40.11-31.48 pts
194Luxembourg-117.23-75.58 pts
195Liechtenstein-1,303.11-1,905.48 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 2018 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?

Malta, with 452.22% of GDP in 2018, according to the World Bank.

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

Liechtenstein, with -1,303.11% of GDP in 2018.

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